Shorts: In Focus— Work So Hard, For What? | Central Arts Library

Quarter-Life Crisis: The stage in your life when the endless 9-to-5 days begin to blur, and the question arises—work so hard, for what?
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About the Event

Organised by Central Arts Library in partnership with CinemaShort.
Quarter-Life Crisis: The stage in your life when the endless 9-to-5 days begin to blur, and the question arises—work so hard, for what?
To explore the age-old question, CinemaSHORT & NLB are screening two local short films— Built To Scale (2023) and Alive (2024)— that delve into themes of work and purpose through the fantastical. Joining us for a post-screening Q&A segment are filmmakers Eliza Goh and Taylor Ong.
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Synopsis of Built To Scale (2023):
Lou, company misfit, builds a miniature model of her office and discovers she has the magical ability to control the real world. As she attempts to use it, she discovers that she is inadvertently reproducing the very toxicity she is trying to escape.
Rating and Runtime: PG | 21 mins
Synopsis of Alive (2024):
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where fossil fuels have run out, humans must run on treadmills to generate electricity and hit mandatory output targets. An 18-year-old girl who often struggles to hit her output targets meets a disillusioned 30-year-old man, who wants to escape this life.
Rating and Runtime: PG | 19 mins