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'Pool' is a Malaysian-Canadian short film, directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui and released in 2007.[Jennie Punter, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/shorts-of-stature/article725176/ "Shorts of stature"]. 'The Globe and Mail', August 31, 2007.] The film depicts a group of children playing in a swimming pool in Aceh, Indonesia, working through their fear of water following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[Peter Goddard, "Catch more wavelengths". 'Toronto Star', August 31, 2007.]
The film premiered in the Wavelengths program at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival,[ where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.][Mark Medley, "Cronenberg film wins top TIFF prize". 'National Post', September 17, 2007.] It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films.[Chris Knight, "Year's top-10 Canadian movies chosen; Despite high profiles on the festival circuit, movies such as Cronenberg's Eastern Promises are not in wide release". 'Vancouver Sun', December 12, 2007.]
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