Branches
Synopsis
Branches asks how our lives could differ based on a single decision or encounter. Drawing on director Masumi's experience as a minority and immigrant to the UK, we examine how the environment and society shape us. Exploring neuroses and fears through the multiverse, viewers will ponder how choices in life topple like dominoes. We present opportunities for viewers to reflect on their lives in our post-COVID information-oriented society, which fragments our ideology.
Branches asks how our lives could differ based on a single decision or encounter. Drawing on director Masumi's experience as a minority and immigrant to the UK, we examine how the environment and society shape us. Exploring neuroses and fears through the multiverse, viewers will ponder how choices in life topple like dominoes. We present opportunities for viewers to reflect on their lives in our post-COVID information-oriented society, which fragments our ideology.
Full credits
- Section
- Out of Competition
- Director
- Masumi Saito + Guy Wigmore
- Choreographer
- Masumi Saito
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Production year
- 2023
- Duration
- 27 minutes
- Producer
- Masumi Saito + Guy Wigmore
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