Children's Day (2025)
- Directed by
- Giselle Lin
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Singapore
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A shy and imaginative eight-year-old girl in Singapore tries to find the perfect outfit for her school's Children's Day celebration. She also deals with a difficult home life and forms an unlikely new friendship at school.
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What happens
Children's Day is a 2025 Singaporean coming-of-age, short film co-written and directed by Giselle Lin. The film set in Singapore, follows a shy and imaginative eight-year-old struggles to find the perfect outfit for her school's upcoming Children's Day celebration while adjusting to a turbulent home life and an unlikely new friendship at school. It was selected in the Berlinale Shorts section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its World premiere on 15 February and competed for Golden Bear for Best Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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