Limbophobia (Sci-Fi)

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Director: Wen-Yee Hsieh

Explore an otherworldly society ruined by human ambition and self-interest in this beautifully dark continuation of Hsieh Wen-Yee’s immersive science-fiction work Limbotopia (MIFF 2023).

In a muted black-and-white landscape, we drift through rainy backdrops amid a haunting soundscape in a virtual world that blurs the lines between dreams and reality. It asks us to contemplate the fragility of life, the consequences of losing it and the catastrophic impact of a world without empathy. The exquisite modelling rendered in the 360-degree sphere elevates this loose narrative into an eerie dream – a sense of floating through scenes that gives the viewer space to contemplate the deeper thoughts the visuals provoke.