Documentary Short Competition presented by You42

Sandcastles

"Sandcastles" parallels two Singapores: one in Southeast Asia, and one buried on the western coast of Michigan. On top of sharing the same name, these two places also share a fraught relationship with sand.

Singapore, Michigan was a thriving lumber town in the late 19th century until erosion from mass deforestation caused the sand dunes around it to shift and swallow the town whole. Just as quickly as Singapore, Michigan disappeared under sand, its namesake in the East emerged from it through land reclamation.

The film weaves a narrative that intertwines the two Singapores to depict the temporal nature of human edifices built on and destroyed by nothing more than sand.

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photo of Carin Jin-Yi Leong
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Jacob Fertig

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Credits

Director:

Carin Jin-Yi Leong

Executive Producer:

Charlotte Cook

Producer:

Carin Jin-Yi Leong, James Qiu, Martin Loh, Jaydn Ray Gosselin, Jacob Fertig

Contact

Distributor:

Kristen Fitzpatrick
kristen@fieldofvision.org

Public Film Contact:

Kristen Fitzpatrick
Field of Vision
kristen@fieldofvision.org

Publicity Contact:

Layla Hancock-Piper
layla@cineticmedia.com
(917) 963-2448

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Year:
2023
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Runtime:
16 mins