AWAKENING, 4min,. Taiwan
Directed by Sze-Ting Huang
The body serves as a vessel that stores self-awareness.

This film initially develops through the sense of touch, picking up traces of various emotions left along the journey. It constantly moves, pauses, and intersects, driven by the power generated through shifting of balance, prompting a dialogue between the body and memory, re-experiencing the mutual influence of "internal" and "external," thus reflecting on one's own state of floating unease.

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Director Statement

This film was completed during a Dance Film workshop. As a filmmaker, I warm up with the dancers every day, something I had never tried before. It was the first time I had such a solid feeling of my own physical condition. During this process, I followed the dancers in a movement of shifting weight, using the momentum generated by swinging and transferring weight to create a cycle of "initiating-holding-falling-rising" movements. This movement may be a basic exercise for the dancers, but I felt that it resonated with my inner state at that time. Therefore, I decided to develop the entire film based on this movement, connecting external actions with internal emotions, hoping to confront my own contradictions and fears.