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Their World in Colour

Their World in Colour

NICO SUSILO | CANADA | 2025 | 10 MIN | ENGLISH

NICO SUSILO | CANADA | 2025 | 10 MIN | ENGLISH

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Synopsis

From Bye Bye, Binary to Love, Violet, Charlene Chua, an award-winning illustrator and author, embraces the challenges of fostering inclusivity through children's books.

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Filmmaker Bio

Nico Susilo is from Surabaya, Indonesia, and currently lives in Toronto, Canada. He graduated from the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul in 2017, where he studied broadcast television and documentary filmmaking. Kecut is his debut short film, and Their World in Colour is his first documentary project.

Producer

Richard Chevalier, Nico Susilo, Ernest Gibson

Writer

Nico Susilo

Cast

  • Charlene Chua
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