Fondant
Fondant
Fondant follows Seoyoun, a typical high school girl who endures everyday sexism, from dress codes to catcalls, all while navigating the frustrating double standards placed on her because of her gender. On her sixteenth birthday, after a particularly rough day, a magical moment with a fondant princess from her birthday cake shifts Seoyoun’s world upside down. Suddenly, it’s the boys who face the dress codes, objectifying comments, and social restrictions.
As Seoyoun experiences a gender-flipped reality, she realises that real change comes not from switching the roles but from dismantling the stereotypes altogether. Armed with a new perspective, Seoyoun vows to challenge societal norms and fight for equality in her world. Fondant is a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of gender dynamics and the journey toward understanding and fairness.
Mirrored
Mirrored
In a quiet home, a young boy and girl live in perfect reflection of their parents. The mother spends her days cleaning, cooking, and checking her reflection in the mirror, her identity blurred by the shine of domestic perfection. The father, meanwhile, leaves for work each morning without a glance back, his role defined by absence rather than presence.
As the children play, their mimicry becomes unsettlingly precise: the girl plays at washing the dishes, while the boy strides across the room pretending to “go to work.” Through small, silent repetitions, Mirrored exposes how gender roles are learned not through words but through the quiet choreography of everyday life.
When the children finally stand side by side, copying their parents’ gestures in perfect symmetry, the mirror cracks — literally and metaphorically — revealing the fragile inheritance of habits that shape who we become before we ever choose.
