| Title |
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3 Feet Apart |
| Director |
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Jason Lai |
| Duration |
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6 min |
| Year |
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2002 |
| Genre |
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Animation |
| Country of origin |
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Singapore |
| Format |
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Flash |
| Language |
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English |
SYNOPSIS: Set in the near future, this is a charming tale about Han, a boy who is born with a handphone inside his head. He is in love with Pepper, a girl who is born with two small speakers inside her head and a small TV inside her right palm. Han and Pepper are a pair of star crossed lovers – for they always have to be three feet apart from each other.
Awards and festivals: Best Asia Short Animation, Bangkok International Film Festival 2004, Thailand Short Shorts Film Festival Asia 2004, Tokyo, Japan San Diego Asian Film Festival 2004, United States 27th Asian American International Film Festival 2004, NYC, United States Busan Asian Short Film Festival 2003, Korea Open Market Meets The Independents Festival 2003, Osaka, Japan Singapore Shorts Film Festival 2003 Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2003, Canada
Director’s bio: Jason began his professional career as a producer of an independent Singapore feature film, The Road Less Travelled. This film has since travelled to numerous film festivals and won an Honorary Award at the Pyong Yang Film Festival in 1998. With the production company he co-founded, Oak 3 Films, he has moved on to writing and directing a wide variety of award winning TV programs. He is currently the creative director of Oak 3 Films.
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