Eric Khoo's son goes back in time with short film Video Store at ciNE65 2021 launch
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Going to the video stores was fun and «a bright kind of moment in my childhood that I felt compelled to capture», 26-year-old Edward Khoo recalls fondly. Video Store, one of the three commissioned short films screened at ciNE65 2021's launch atEric Khoo's son goes back in time with short film Video Store at ciNE65 2021 launch
Going to the video stores was fun and «a bright kind of moment in my childhood that I felt compelled to capture», 26-year-old Edward Khoo recalls fondly. Video Store, one of the three commissioned short films screened at ciNE65 2021's launch at Singapore Discovery Centre today (Nov 27), is Khoo's homage to his childhood memories of frequenting video stores with his father, veteran film-maker Eric Khoo. He also attributed it to the beginning of his passion for film-making. In the three-minute film, the main character, Sofie, reminisces about conversations she had with customers who have come and gone through the years of her time growing up in her mother's video store. Reflecting on his choice of the setting of a brick-and-mortar video store, a rare sight in Singapore nowadays, Khoo told AsiaOne that he believes that such physical spaces provide a community for people to «come together over a shared interest in films», where they are able to go beyond the easy access of on-demand films, and «not rely on algorithms to recommend [them films]». Read more