Settings (2023), by Oscar Chinkwok Clarke, is a short film from Australia that invites reflection on perception, time and family. Within the Focus on Ability festival, it offers a fresh voice exploring themes such as intellectual and physical disability, viewpoint and technology. The film gestures towards how memory, mobility and devices shape how we see one another. Shot with a thoughtful eye, Settings sits comfortably alongside other works in the programme that celebrate ability and everyday resilience. It is a quietly curious piece that encourages audiences to consider different perspectives without prescribing answers.
Look at this, this new communication device of yours is amazing. You can change channels on the TV, play music, games, communication device of course, all with the touch of a button. It's awesome. But Oski, we've talked about this before, you mustn't go into settings, alright? But it's so tempting. Oski? No, alright. Good boy. Amazing what they can do with technology these days. You got that right. Great to chat with someone who really gets it. Oski, seriously? I told you not to muck around with settings. What the? Where are we? Cretaceous period. Blastocene era. Oski, you have transported us back in time. It was an accident. An accident? Sorry, that won't happen again. Let's get out of here. Hit the button Oski. Hit the button. Phew, that was close. Wait a minute. Oski? Me? What is going on? Okay, now, don't freak out. I'm just you, and Oski is Oski. We time travelled, but it looks like we've come back a little bit too early from the past. I thought you were whisked back into the Pleistocene era. Cretaceous period. Exactly. Oski, tell me you weren't mucking around in settings. Sorry, other dad. Hey, I am not your other dad. I'm still your dad dad. We both are. I guess. Technically, sure. This is so weird. Bloody tech. I mean, why would they even include time travel as an option in a communication device? I know, right? I blame it on Elon Musk. Oh, don't get me started on tech oligarchs. What is the point of them? Again with the oligarchy. Imagine if all that wealth was distributed equitably, instead of spending it on giant rockets that explode two minutes after takeoff. And then everyone cheers and calls it a great success. You know what would have been a greater success? Not blowing up. Anywho, we should probably get one of these Oscars back into the other room about now, you know, for the time travel thing. Of course, can't be disrupting the established time continuum. Exactly. Watch out for the T-Rex. Grab your checklist, I mean, who really gets it? What a great guy. So, Oscar, anything you want to say to me? Yeah, I blame Elon Musk too.
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