Pool | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Chris Chong Chan Fui |
Producer: | Chris Chong Chan Fui |
Cinematography: | Chris Chong Chan Fui |
Editing: | Alvi Apriayandi Taufik Arifianto |
Runtime: | 14 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | Acehnese |
Pool (id|Kolam) is a Malaysian-Canadian short film, directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui and released in 2007.[1] The film depicts a group of children playing in a swimming pool in Aceh, Indonesia, working through their fear of water following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[2]
The film premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[3] It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[4]