Ann Oren — Director (4)
The World Is Mine (2017) [Movie] Douban
The World Is Mine
director: Ann Oren
other title: 世界是我的
A western Cosplayer (costume player) of the popular cyber diva Hatsune Miku moves to Tokyo and gets to know the otaku community - obsessive manga fans. Her journey explores identity through cosplay and the fandom of the cyber diva Hatsune Miku, epitomizing collective fantasy as she is fan created. The film demonstrate the relevance of this behavior globally in terms of collective fantasy, with voice overs woven of lyrics fans wrote for Hatsune Miku.
Blue (2019) [Movie] Douban
director: Ann Oren
In our 'freelancer' age, many find themselves domestically confined, using mostly a computer screen to branch out. This film brings nature, lunacy, emotion and humanity indoors, using the color blue as the main protagonist.
Passage (2020) [Movie] Douban
Passage
other title: 迷幻拟音师
A foley artist creates sounds for a film starring a dressage horse and dissolves into his own imitation. Shot on 16mm film, PASSAGE winks at Eadweard Muybridge’s pre-cinematic experiments with horses.