directed by: Sandi Tan, year: 2018
actors: Sandi Tan

Shirkers (2018) is a documentary by Sandi Tan that reconstructs a teenage Singaporean filmmaking adventure from the 1990s. The film crew's ambitious project is derailed by a mysterious mentor who vanishes with the footage, leaving behind questions about art, friendship, trust, and memory. Through interviews, home videos, and recovered reels, Tan pieces together what happened, while reflecting on creativity, identity, and the price of ambition decades later.

Meta Film, Documentary, Autobiographical, Singapore, Filmmaking