Shirkers

There are movers, there are shakers, and there are shirkers.

A reflective documentary mystery that weaves recovered 16mm footage with present-day investigation, exploring artistic mentorship, loss, and the search for meaning across two decades.

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.