Technical Specifications

RUNNING TIME: 00:10:00
ASPECT RATIO: 4:3 (4K)
FORMAT: STILL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
COLOUR: BLACK & WHITE
DCP: AVAILABLE
SRT FILE: AVAILABLE (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
SCREENER(S): NON-SUBTITLED & ENGLISH CC AVAILABLE

DISSIDENCE

A short film written and directed by Ming-Zhu Hii
& photographed by Nicholas Coghlan

A woman remembers things out of order: the cars parked along the side of the road exploding into flames, the networks falling offline, the lists people were asked to keep, the protests. And at the heart of everything, her love affair with a young photographer under surveillance. A film told in evocative still photographs and recursive poetic narration, DISSIDENCE is a half-remembered dream of desire, love, betrayal and the erasure of freedom in a time of creeping authoritarianism.

This is the story of a disappearance. None of it real. Some of it real.

Credits

Written, Directed & Edited by Ming-Zhu Hii
Photographed by Ming-Zhu Hii
Edited & Narrated by Ming-Zhu Hii
Produced by Ming-Zhu Hii & Nicholas Coghlan

Edwina Wren as The Woman, 
Tāne Williams Accra as The Lover and 
Simon Maiden as The State

Sound designed & Mixed by Tristan Meredith
Colour graded by Rohan Cooper
Assistant edited by Greg Cooper
Titles & poster designed by Matthew Walker

A 2026 Find & Replace Production

For more information and to request a screener, please contact the team at Festival Formula, or get in touch with the filmmakers directly.