Hito

Hito

Unclassified 18+

Viewer Advice: Contains stroboscopic imagery.


A schoolgirl discovers the catfish she bought for dinner is a talking sentient bioweapon.

In an irradiated, military-ruled dystopian Philippines, a bullied 14-year-old brings home a catfish … which, it turns out, is a bioweapon with the power to crack open her simulated reality, not to mention talk and think like a human. With proudly lo-fi effects – from flying telepathic dogs to nuclear vistas to blood sprays – this irreverent, fluorescent mashup of cyber thriller, monster movie and late-night TV engages in social critique in among its outlandish conceit.

Tickets

10 Aug 9:15pm Kino 1
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible
Past Session
WTF Shorts (104 m)
Shameless! (9 m)
Shé (Snake) (15 m)
Calf (15 m)
Canard (9 m)
Cookies (10 m)
Hito (22 m)
Past Session
22 Aug 9:30pm ACMI 1
Access: Assistive listening Wheelchair Accessible
Past Session
WTF Shorts (99 m)
Shameless! (9 m)
Shé (Snake) (15 m)
Calf (15 m)
Canard (9 m)
Cookies (10 m)
Hito (22 m)
Past Session

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