exits / entrances | Apichatpong Creators’ Lab film (2024)
Read: Singapore Film Society feature: Different Language, Same Tongue: A Conversation with Lim Yen and her film Exits / Entrances
Read: Special Mention award “exits / entrances”
I live to leave, I leave to live. A confrontation with both cultural unfamiliarity and personal introspection– what lies beyond those doors? Are they just symbols of transition, curiosity, and the constant negotiation between leaving and staying? Why do we constantly seek for more? Of stepping into others' safe spaces and leaving something behind, of human connection and freedom across linguistic barriers and unfamiliar territories. On embracing yet questioning the in-between, the shift in physical and lyrical perspectives, while trusting every move/mistake made.
An unplanned exploration, a concept of "how not to make a film," produced as part of Apichatpong Creators' Lab 2023 and shot in Yucatán, Mexico.
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SCREENINGS/ACCOLADES:
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Read: Special Mention award “exits / entrances”
I live to leave, I leave to live. A confrontation with both cultural unfamiliarity and personal introspection– what lies beyond those doors? Are they just symbols of transition, curiosity, and the constant negotiation between leaving and staying? Why do we constantly seek for more? Of stepping into others' safe spaces and leaving something behind, of human connection and freedom across linguistic barriers and unfamiliar territories. On embracing yet questioning the in-between, the shift in physical and lyrical perspectives, while trusting every move/mistake made.
An unplanned exploration, a concept of "how not to make a film," produced as part of Apichatpong Creators' Lab 2023 and shot in Yucatán, Mexico.
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SCREENINGS/ACCOLADES:
- Female Eye Film Festival - Toronto, Canada, 14-19 Oct 2025, TIFF Lightbox, Women’s Art Association of Canada (WAAC)
- 28th antimatter [Media Art] - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 16-26 Oct 2025, Deluge Contemporary Art
- In competition: 27th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris - Collectif Jeune Cinema, 10-19 Oct 2025, Le Grand Action Cinema
- Slow Film Festival, London, UK, 20-21 Sept 2025, Good Shepherd Studios
- Braziers International Film Festival, Oxford, UK, 29-31 Aug 2025, Braziers Park School
- CosmiX IV: Festival International de Cinema Experimental, Paris, France, May 30 2025
- Honorable Mention ~ LA Experimental Forum 2025
- Vivo Media Arts - Novel Narratives programme, Vancouver, Canada, Mar 6 2025
- Special Mention - Singapore Youth Film Festival, Nov 2024, Nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing
- Honorary Mention - Cine Pobre Film Festival 2024, Mexico
- Galeria Wayak, Izamal, Mexico, Aug 2024
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trailer
film available to view upon request
