The Beach of Beings
Asian Premiere
Kendra MCLAUGHLIN France, Canada 2022 20 min PG
While digitising an unknown creature’s remains, a palaeontologist grieves for a cherished loved one.
A group of palaeontologists investigate the fossilised remains of an unknown being using CT scans. The digitised remains conjure uncanny afterimages left behind by previous users of the machine, thus forming an amalgamated image out of the transfigured fragments of organic and digital artefacts. Upon discovering her mother’s illness, a researcher meditates on one’s relationship with the photographic memory and the yearning for co-presence.
Juxtaposing scanned medical images, eroded seabed sediments, and the ghostly apparitions of an unidentified creature, the film comments on the ethics of preservation and the transient nature of matter, bearing testament to our desire for kinship to those who have come before.
This film will be screened together with Here.
The total programme rating for The Beach of Beings & Here, is PG.
5 Dec, Tue 9:00PM / 102 min
Filmgarde Kallang, Hall 3
AT THE FEST!
Screening are free seating & first-come, first-serve basis.
All ticket purchasers are kindly asked to be on time and note the 10-min grace period.
Plus, a new Rush Queue for last-min folks!
The Beach of Beings
La plage aux êtres
Kendra MCLAUGHLIN
France, Canada
2022
English, French
English
20 min
PG
Asian Premiere
Kendra MCLAUGHLIN
Kendra MCLAUGHLIN is a Canadian artist and researcher based in France. A Harvard, Sciences Po and Le Fresnoy graduate, her work explores care ethics in conservation and preservation work. The Beach of Beings, her second short, was presented at the Vancouver International Film Festival and London Short Film Festival.
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