Threads that Bind

Short Film
Winner of VSCO x HDClub Plaza Creative Fund (2023)
'Threads that Bind' is a mixed-media film supported by The Hopes & Dreams Club and VSCO. Set within my mother's shoe shop, it explores the dualities of home – presence and absence, permanence and impermanence, belonging and displacement.

Through the intimate stories tied to this space, the film becomes a tribute to my family and a meditation on what we inherit and what we leave behind.

Creative Leads Ta-ku (Regan Matthews), Sam Mallari
Music Your Cousin Avi
Videographer Tan Kylyn, Shafiee Shadan

Processed and scanned [Super 8mm] nanolab Australia
Editor Tan Kylyn


2026