Demons
Runtime : 83mins
Country : Singapore
Dir. : Daniel Hui
Schedule : Sun 23, June 2019 (15.30)
Genre : Fiction
World Premiere : Busan International Film Festival 2018
Synopsis
Aspiring actress Vicki thinks she has gotten the role of her life in Daniel’s new play. But her debut lead role only casts her into endless torture at the esteemed director’s hands. When she turns to supposed allies for support, Vicki finds that they encourage Daniel’s abuse as part of her artistic growth and his genius. Feeling like the only mad person in sunny, sinister Singapore, Vicki takes matters into her own hands. A wicked, satirical horror on power, art, and trauma, DEMONS exposes the hidden violence we live with to build any community.
Director’s Biography
Daniel Hui is a filmmaker and writer. A graduate of the film programme in California Institute of the Arts, he is one of the founding members of 13 Little Pictures, a critically acclaimed independent film collective in Singapore. He has made three feature-length films — ECLIPSES (Pixel Bunker Award for International New Talent, Doclisboa IFF 2013), SNAKESKIN (Special Jury Award TFFDoc, Torino FF 2014; Award of Excellence, Yamagata IDFF 2015; Special Jury Mention, RIDM 2015), and DEMONS (In Competition, Kim Jiseok Award, Busan IFF 2018; Berlinale Forum 2019).