ASIAN FILM ARCHIVE / STATE OF MOTION
PURE EVER / “SUNSET X- This is not sci-fi, this is heartbreak”
2021Runtime: 47 mins
Country: Singapore
Language: English
Rating: M18 (Mature Theme)
Country: Singapore
Language: English
Rating: M18 (Mature Theme)
Sunset X – This is not sci-fi, this is heartbreak is a dizzying tale of forbidden love between three individuals from the Republic of Synkie. With a flourishing kelp industry that is turning the country’s capital into Kelpital, the bearing of a Kelpitalocene upon the contemporary struggles of the Synkie people is reflected through the lives of Eden, Yasmyn and Wan Ting. In a non-linear ocean of visual fantasy, eco-enterprise, cult economy and alternative imaginings of spirituality, the protagonists find themselves mired in a “rupturing apocalypse of the harrowing heart”.
The work is an invitation to think beyond monolithic methods of fiction-making in moving images. The chaotic set pieces and fragile relationship structure bridge elements from our reality to speculate parallel universes where dominant narratives are overturned. In a time where the future is fraught with challenges, Sunset X – This is not sci-fi, this is heartbreak exercises its choice to pre/de/scribe plausible realities into existence.
Commissioned for State of Motion 2021, an annual multidisciplinary arts event organised by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) and presented as part of Singapore Art Week (SAW). The series explores the interstices of visual art, cinema, and filmic research through exhibitions, film screenings and artistic responses, focusing on Singapore and the Asian region.
Directed, written and produced by PURE EVER
Cast | Fatin Zulkifly as Yasmyn, Tara Tan as Wan Ting, Terry Tan as Eden, Tyen Rasif as Annaburlesque, Akashdeep Bal as Akash
Director of Photography | Bryan Quek
Editor | PURE EVER
Costume Designers | Bryan Yeo, Maz, Jane Teo, Farah Sudiro, Mia Zhang
Art Department | PURE EVER
Music Composers
Singers/Musicians | Cindy Honanta, Zoe Hong Yee Huay, Ngoo Tien Hong Ted, Adam Sharawi
Music | VIKTORIA, Zachary Singson Dominguez, ANTI SHIFT, Cosmic Child, VIKTORIA, DARK0
Camera | 4Acts Production
Sound | 4Acts Production
Film Crew | Jason Lim Bao Sheng, Shahzryan Bin Sharin, Tiffany Lee, Qing Siang, Alice Hau Xin Yu, Roy Lee, Celeste Ng
Hair/Makeup | Jovan Tng, Sarah Tan, Sarishna Nair
Set Assistants | Akashdeep Bal, Guo Lei Bing, Perrin Tan, Ryan Pagdanganan
Music Credits
"Parabolic Disarray", Post Structural, 2018
"one day we'll grow up and nothing will matter in the end", Cosmic Child, 2016
"DARE2DIE", VIKTORIA, EP, 2020
"Eden’s Fantasy", Original Soundtrack, 2021
"La SirenX (Main Theme)", Zachary Singson Dominguez, Original Soundtrack, 2021
"Dark0 - Music To… Orbit The Moon To", Dark0, For i-D, 2015
Special Thanks | Syaheedah Iskandar, Thong Kay Wee, Chris Sim, Euginia Tan, Fairuddin Hamid, Gagandeep Singh, Joanne Cheah, Kenneth Toh, Silly Goose Studios, Sher Chew, Zhang Bo, Chong Lii
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Cast | Fatin Zulkifly as Yasmyn, Tara Tan as Wan Ting, Terry Tan as Eden, Tyen Rasif as Annaburlesque, Akashdeep Bal as Akash
Director of Photography | Bryan Quek
Editor | PURE EVER
Costume Designers | Bryan Yeo, Maz, Jane Teo, Farah Sudiro, Mia Zhang
Art Department | PURE EVER
Music Composers
Singers/Musicians | Cindy Honanta, Zoe Hong Yee Huay, Ngoo Tien Hong Ted, Adam Sharawi
Music | VIKTORIA, Zachary Singson Dominguez, ANTI SHIFT, Cosmic Child, VIKTORIA, DARK0
Camera | 4Acts Production
Sound | 4Acts Production
Film Crew | Jason Lim Bao Sheng, Shahzryan Bin Sharin, Tiffany Lee, Qing Siang, Alice Hau Xin Yu, Roy Lee, Celeste Ng
Hair/Makeup | Jovan Tng, Sarah Tan, Sarishna Nair
Set Assistants | Akashdeep Bal, Guo Lei Bing, Perrin Tan, Ryan Pagdanganan
Music Credits
"Parabolic Disarray", Post Structural, 2018
"one day we'll grow up and nothing will matter in the end", Cosmic Child, 2016
"DARE2DIE", VIKTORIA, EP, 2020
"Eden’s Fantasy", Original Soundtrack, 2021
"La SirenX (Main Theme)", Zachary Singson Dominguez, Original Soundtrack, 2021
"Dark0 - Music To… Orbit The Moon To", Dark0, For i-D, 2015
Special Thanks | Syaheedah Iskandar, Thong Kay Wee, Chris Sim, Euginia Tan, Fairuddin Hamid, Gagandeep Singh, Joanne Cheah, Kenneth Toh, Silly Goose Studios, Sher Chew, Zhang Bo, Chong Lii
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@pure.ever