Oxpecker
Synopsis
"I just got lonely sleeping without you."
Ruweena and Zoe were best friends - well, sort of. Actually, it was more like Ruweena followed Zoe everywhere, from lunchtime to after school and even to uni, while Zoe kind of… tolerated her.
Then, six years ago, Ruweena disappeared and left Zoe all alone. Zoe likes it better this way. Doesn't she? So why is it that she still keeps the single bed they used to sleep in - why is it that she lets Ruweena kiss her the moment Ruweena reappears?
And why does it feel as if there's something terribly, awfully wrong with the bed they used to call theirs?
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 17 min 57 sec
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Erin Tan
- Producer
- Chris Lau
- Editor
- Ada Su Tuna
- Screenwriter
- Erin Tan
- Director of Photography
- Jihyun Huang
- Production Designer
- Shiyun Liang, Yihan Yue
- Sound
- Ronnie Nightingale-Timofejeva
- Composer
- Ness Lam
- Principal cast
- Jane Martin-Smith, Ariel Chan
- Other Lead Creative(s)
- Keyna Wilcox, Corron Spriggs, Aryan Misra
- Assistant Director
- Yen Min Ting
- Assistant Producers
- Becky McEwan, Xingbei Lin
- Associate Producers
- Shiyun Liang, Enoch In Lord Lee, Anna Reynolds, Sung Soo Moon, Tab Stafford, Chris Ng
- 1st Assistant Camera
- Parth Allahbadi
- 1st Assistant Sound
- Becky McEwan, Loretto Morris
- Gaffer
- James Hartley
- Best Boys
- Shiyun Liang, Miles Unsworth
- Art Directors
- Tim Knight, Nadia Pond
- Script Supervisors
- Chris Lau, Natalie Wong, Xingbei Lin
- Behind-the-Scenes Photographers
- Belinda Xiao, Ada Su Tuna, Loretto Morris
- Intimacy Coordinator
- Liv Czibor
- Finishing Editor
- Erin Tan
- Colourist
- Eric Lau
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Chris Lau
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