In 2002, a young Palestinian asylum seeker is released from Australian detention — but the footage capturing this pivotal moment vanishes, never archived. Fear of Songs is an experimental short film that attempts to reconstruct what was lost, blurring memory, media, and imagination. Through absence, it questions who gets to be seen, and what is remembered.
Camila, a lonely communications student, is rescued from a street robbery by Ruco and Alexa, two young anarchists and street vendors who use violence to punish thieves in the neighborhood. Through her growing friendship with Ruco and Alexa, Camila meets Leonor, with whom she forms a deep mother-daughter bond. When Leonor mysteriously disappears, Camila embarks on a quest to discover the truth.
Vignettes and small moments documenting my two daughters on the cusp of adolescence. Gestures, glances, clothing, accessories, costumes, trinkets and play-acting—perhaps the only visible elements of an otherwise mysterious transitional stage between childhood and teenage years.
Three young filmmakers set out to decode childhood. They may not succeed, but along the way they meet Amanda, Hernan, Leon, Manuel, and Felipe — five brilliant kids who end up stealing the show.