World Cinema
Pierce / Cì xīn qiè gŭ
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 14th December
- 9.30 am
- Sree Padmanabha
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 8.45 pm
- nila
Screening 3
- 18th December
- 12.00 pm
- new 2
Nelicia Low
Director's bio
Nelicia Low
Nelicia Low, born in 1991, is a Singaporean film director and former national fencer. She represented Singapore in fencing at the 2010 Asian Games. After retiring from fencing, Low pursued her passion for filmmaking and earned her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University School of the Arts. She has created several short films, including "Freeze" (2016), which was showcased at numerous international film festivals. Her debut feature film, "Pierce" (2024), is a Singapore-Taiwan-Poland co-production that received the Best Director Award at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The psychological thriller explores themes of familial bonds and follows the story of a high school fencer who decides to trust and assist his dangerous older brother after his release from prison, defying their mother's efforts to conceal their traumatic past.
Synopsis
When his mysterious and dangerous older brother is released from prison, high school fencer Jie believes he has changed and helps him, defying their mother’s attempts to erase him from their lives.
Details of Cast
Tsao Yu-ning, Hsiu-Fu Liu, Ding Ning, Rosen Tsai, Benjamin Tsang
Details of Crew
DoP Michal Dymek Music Piotr Kurek Sound Design Wu Shu-yao, Tu Duu-chih
Producer Details
Jeremy Chua, Izabela Igel, Sam Chua Weishi
Writer Details
Nelicia Low
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Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
