Pool (film)

Pool
IndonesianKolam
Directed byChris Chong Chan Fui
Produced byChris Chong Chan Fui
CinematographyChris Chong Chan Fui
Edited byAlvi Apriayandi
Taufik Arifianto
Release date
  • September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageAcehnese

Pool (Indonesian: Kolam) is a Malaysian-Canadian short film, directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui and released in 2007.[1] The film depicts a group of children playing in a swimming pool in Aceh, Indonesia, working through their fear of water following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[2]

The film premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[3] It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[4]

References

  1. ^ Jennie Punter, "Shorts of stature". The Globe and Mail, August 31, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Peter Goddard, "Catch more wavelengths". Toronto Star, August 31, 2007.
  3. ^ Mark Medley, "Cronenberg film wins top TIFF prize". National Post, September 17, 2007.
  4. ^ Chris Knight, "Year's top-10 Canadian movies chosen; Despite high profiles on the festival circuit, movies such as Cronenberg's Eastern Promises are not in wide release". Vancouver Sun, December 12, 2007.


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