Review: Desync

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Desync, directed by Minerva Navasca, is a touching short film that delves into the intricacies of intergenerational trauma in immigrant families.

The story follows a young Filipina filmmaker, on a movie set, directing a scene about a mother and daughter arguing while cooking together, and the filmmaker recalls a near identical scenario that had happened in her past. She had said regretful words to her mother in the past, that she now tries to take back and change in the movie scene that she’s directing.

Desync is a tightly-written story that offers many emotions and themes, and hits every one of them with delicate accuracy. I highly recommend giving this one a watch.

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Alvin Tsang

Film Reviewer

In his youth Alvin loved watching movies and would find himself spending his lunch money and allowance at the box office. He loved the Matrix and the X-Men films, and somewhere along the way, he discovered a love for horror movies — HereditaryMidsommar and Mother! being his favourites. He now holds a professional writing diploma, a couple of journalism degrees, and likes to spend his free time reviewing movies on IMDB and for various magazines. @alvinwct