Film Shorts Programme IV – Colonialism, Experimental, and the Body
May 23
I7
4:30-6:15pm
RRST 7.58
Maker and the Doll
John Outsider
Filmmaker
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Year
2025
Duration
10min 11s

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About the Filmmaker
Mohsen Tamizi (known as John Outsider) was born at the time of war in Iran. At the time Islamic and patriotic values were at peak. He faced the religious, economic, and psychological pressure of war on a male growing up. Later on, for the mandatory service, he joined the police force where he observed the hypocrisy in law and law enforcement. John finished the service and started his university studies while working as a fireman. He observed the flaws in the government and work environment. After the political chaos called the “Green Movement,” John fled Iran and ended up asking for asylum in the prison of Hong Kong.
John started writing true stories and then fictions as a way of communicating his understanding and experiences. Losing faith in government, the crowd, religion and law motivates him to write more about the failures in seeking answers from outside, and the peace in the search within. John has self-published thirteen books, written numerous poems, and performed a few comedy stand-ups. His passion is short films, and he made his first short film in 2024.
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Synopsis
This stop-motion film describes a scenario in which every being, despite their dimensional limits, experiences an instant awareness about the existing consciousness in higher and lower dimensions. Through that experience, an interdimensional unity can be observed.


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