A scene from "Humongous!" (Provided by Aya Kawazoe)
Up-and-coming avant-garde filmmaker Aya Kawazoe's "Humongous!" has won a spot in the short film section of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival's International Critics' Week for edgy films.
The graduate student's 11-minute tale, shot in 16mm film, has won rave reviews, with one foreign critic lauding her direction of the film that blurs the lines of reality and invites the audience into a dreamlike state through the eyes of its protagonist, Eiko.
"I wanted to express what can be described as a 'premonition,' which makes me feel something humongous could fall on me, using visual and audio effects," the director said of the film, which features pale blue imagery and muffled noises.