Alison Khor

Stone Turtle

Zahara, a stateless refugee, lives on a small remote island in Malaysia, where she makes a living selling turtle eggs. One day, Samad, claiming to be a university researcher, visits the island, wanting to employ Zahara to show him around. As the day goes on, Zahara and Samad become entangled in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.

The First Kiss of the Night

A do it in collective punk musical movie of sapphic/trans rebellion in which a troubled, young, non-binary Taiwanese named T, is in the grip of a heroin addiction. T meets Shui, a betel nut seller and daughter of a famous Taoist exorcist who wants to perform an exorcism on his daughter. They eventually encounter a character called Big Sister 13, and in a web of desires, neon lights, and songs, together they will fight against the destructive presence of addiction, a sinister creature, and a pro-family terrorist group. They will learn how to care for one another, exorcizing a haunted past and flowing into the immensity of love.