Seven films that chart our memories, realities, and objects of nostalgia: The last remaining Mimic in England, impersonating those we have lost; Bubba, a virtual browser-dog snuffed out with new programming; a student who finds himself waking in the strangest of places; a mythical Mayan figure that brings death and despair; a shadow puppeteer haunted by memories of the Khmer Rouge; a man walking through island streets, searching for ghosts; a simple game of trading cards, taking place in the space between then and now. DISTANT VOICES investigates the hauntological, those lost things we can never get back. 

 

Total Running Time: 94 min 

 

Films (list in running order): 

 

Mimic, Christopher Bonwell
UK, 15 min 

There remains only one living Mimic in England, an impersonator of the dead who brings relief to those suffering loss. 

 

Should virtual petz die?, Carlo Galbiati
Italy, 12 min 

An examination of life after the death of a beloved virtual pet. When the nintendog or tamagotchi is overwritten, what remains? 

 

Random Awakenings of Tae Woo (랜덤하게 깨어나는 태우), Zhiquan Liu
South Korea, 15 min 

Something strange has happened to Tae-woo since his friend’s death, he wakes in unusual places, sees things that aren’t there.  

Content Warnings: death 

 

Someday the night will come (Un día llegará la noche), Chica Barbosa
Mexico, 15 min 

On the Yucatán Peninsula a mythical Mayan figure named Xtabay haunts Virginio, bringing death and despair to all it touches. 

Content Warnings: death 

 

Interview With A Hero, Andy ‘Celeste’ Diep 
Australia, Cambodia, 15 min 

Chhay is a Cambodian-Australian puppeteer, performing on national television, he cannot escape his memories of the Khmer Rouge. 

Content Warnings: distressing scenes 

 

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts, Shervin Kermani
Spain, 8 min 

Ramón wanders the volcanic island of La Palma with his recording equipment in hand, quietly listening to ghosts. 

 

Trading Cards, Radheya Jang
Australia, 15 min 

The past, present and future collide when a mysterious man confronts his younger self over a game of trading cards. 

 

 

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