The Girl and the Cat

12 minutes • 2017

A young Malaysian girl is separated from her mother in a Pasar Malam (night market) and meets a cat who takes her deep into the secret life in the market where fantasy meets reality. The Girl & The Cat is part of TIMESCAPES - a collection first shown as an anthology in August 2018 at the Seoul International Animated Film Festival, with 6 animated short films about life, love and the landscapes of Singapore in the past and present. With practically no dialogue, each film is accompanied by a musical score and with the aim of showing how our living landscapes and surroundings are interwined with our memories and imagination. The stories are based on Singapore's past stretching over 80 years.