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Transcrisis : Awareness sparks as spider silk
Mono-Channel Film
2025.9
3'27"
To all people who are suffering but living with HOPE — Transcrisis traces the body’s inner conflict at the molecular level, where every cell negotiates life at the edge of survival every minute.
At the heart of the film is a reflection on cancer—not merely as a disease, but as a metaphor. It embodies the moment when the body turns against itself, when the codes of life misfire, and resilience becomes rupture, yet there is still HOPE. The film closes on Zen insights through an Ensō (円相), asking: While life itself is in perpetual crisis, can the social world also maintain balance and revise itself as the body does?
*The visual forms reimagine from the real architectures of proteins and genetic flows into poetic and futuristic imagery
*Transcrisis is also a poetic invocation, weaving the language of genes—STAT, TFs, DNAP, EXO.
This film has been selected/awarded by 18 festivals until Nov2, 2025, including Chroma Art Film Festival(Miami,USA), Hombres Videopoetry Awards of Best Concept(Italy), BRIDGES International Film Festival(Greece), Versi di Luce – International Cinemapoetry Festival(Italy), International Media Festival of Wales(UK), LA International Art Film Fest(USA), Hallucinea Film Festival(France), Independent Shorts Award of Best Experimental Film(LA,USA),Global Film Festival Awards 2025 of Best Inspirational Film(LA,USA), Experimental Film Guanajuato(Mexico), Red Movie Awards(France),and among others.















