2021 Official Selection Justin Merino 2021 Official Selection Justin Merino

TRAPPED

It has been a tough year for everyone since the pandemic hit. We have all endured isolation. My project ‘TRAPPED’ gives audiences a message of positivity and to keep looking for excitement in the mundane aspects of life. So even if you are trapped at home or elsewhere, you can always find a way to enjoy it.

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Fluid States

A short fashion film about gender-fluid by telling a story of a boy's dream of Jiao Ren. 'Jiao Ren' is a fluid gender image with fishtail and the human body in Chinese mythology. Jiao Ren exists in the boy's dream, symbolized the boy's gender consciousness.

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Somebody

The short film, a collaboration with 22-year old Czech literary poet and model Bad’a Diaby, is an interpretation of one of her most important and powerful poems, Somebody. Shot over three days in Prague in the summer of 2020, the film also marks Diaby’s acting debut.

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