Cast
Willow - Gabrielle Sheppard
Dan - Sam Parkinson
Katherine - Tania Khan
George - Robert Perkins
Crew
Director: Shane Lim
Writers: Caroline Webster, Shane Lim
Producer: Diana Põdra
Cinematographer: Matt Vahey
Production Designer: Iasonas Houssein
Editor: Constance Brannick, Shane Lim
Composer: Saul Bragman
Sound Designer: Harry Parsons
Production Sound Mixer: Alexander Preddy
Online Editor / Colorist: Micheal Pearce
VFX Supervisor: Eliis Kuusk
VFX Producer: Yilin Cai
Production Manager: Pia Kaiser
15.8″ × 21.1″
13.7″ × 18.2″
13.4″ × 16.7″
10.7″ × 15″
13.9″ × 17.4″
17.9″ × 25.1″
21.8″ × 29.9″
17.9″ × 25.1″
18.7″ × 23.4″
14.7″ × 18.4″
13.7″ × 18.2″
12.6″ × 17.7″
10.7″ × 15″
12.9″ × 16.2″
13.7″ × 18.2″
7.5″ × 10.5″
7.6″ × 10.7″
7.4″ × 9.6″
1 It is the reflection of a basic reality.
2 It masks and perverts a basic reality.
3 It masks the absence of a basic reality.
4 It bears no relation to any reality whatever: it is its own pure simulacrum.
In the first case, the image is a good appearance: the representation is of the order of sacrament. In the second, it is an evil appearance: of the order of malefice. In the third, it plays at being an appearance: it is of the order of sorcery. In the fourth, it is no longer in the order of appearance at all, but of simulation."
— Simulacra and Simulations, Jean Baudrillard
∙Honorable Mention, Conceptual Category, Minimalist Photography Awards 2021
∙Der Greif Guest Room: Willy Ndatira & Jack Stuart Mills, Images for the Information Age
∙PhMuseum, Featured Project, Story of the Week
∙ZERO.NINE, Top 10 Photo Stories of the Year, 2023
∙Der Greif 17 — One Day Soon by Torbjørn Rødland
Shane Lim (林昱光, b. 1993) is a filmmaker and creative director. He received his MA in Directing Fiction from the National Film and Television School.
His short film debut, November, was nominated for the Golden Reel for best short at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film is archived in the Asian Short Film Collection at the University of Toronto.
His thesis film, DAWN, screened at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival—the longest running genre film festival in the United States—and the Philip K. Dick Film Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City.
the future is hyperreal was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Conceptual Category at the Minimalist Photography Awards, and featured in Der Greif Issue 17: One Day Soon by Torbjørn Rødland, Der Greif Guest Room: Willy Ndatira & Jack Stuart Mills, PhMuseum‘s Story of the Week, and ZERO.NINE Magazine’s Top 10 Photo Stories of the Year.
DAWN: Redux
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∙SciFi Film Festival (AU)
∙Shockfest Film Festival (US),
∙Boston SciFi Film Festival (US)
∙Philip K. Dick Film Festival (US)
∙European Philip K. Dick Film Festival (FR)
INTO THE RIPPLE
∙Nominated: Best Student Film, Birmingham Film Festival (UK)
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∙Amarcort Film Festival (IT)
∙Festival Internacional de Cine de Albacete (ES)
∙Filmfest-Dresden International Short Film Festival (DE)
∙Bucharest Short Film Festival (RO)
Alterlife: Rina Sawayama
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∙Featured on VICE, Vogue, and KALTBLUT.
Vessel
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∙Vimeo Staff Pick
November
∙Nominated: Golden Reel, Best Short, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (US)
∙Best Script, Singapore Short Film Awards (SG)
∙Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, National Youth Film Awards (SG)
∙Asian Short Film Collection, University of Toronto (CA)
the future is hyperreal
∙Der Greif Issue 17—One Day Soon, Guest Edited by Torbjørn Rødland
∙Der Greif Guest Room: Willy Ndatira & Jack Stuart Mills
∙Honorable Mention, Minimalist Photography Awards
∙PhMuseum, Featured Project
∙ZERO.NINE, Top 10 Photo Stories of the Year
LensCulture Portrait Awards ‘22
∙Editors’ Picks
hibiscus
∙YET Magazine
∙POSITIVE Magazine
WRITING
Days of the Week
∙Dream Boy Book Club: Series 9, Guest Edited by Kitty Saint-Remy
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∙Launched and managed an independent publishing platform on Substack focused on cultural commentary, essays, and media ideas.
∙Developed original written content, editorial direction, and brand voice across digital channels.
∙Expanded brand into audio with a companion podcast channel, adapting written concepts into podcast format.
∙End-to-end ownership across content creation, publishing, and platform development.
Creative Director
Ethos
2026-Present
London, United Kingdom
∙Evaluating and improving AI-generated professional presentations and slide decks for a leading AI company, applying creative and art direction expertise across concept boards, campaign narratives, design rationale, and executive- and client-facing visual storytelling.
Founder
First-Editions.Co
2024-Present
United States
∙Founder and operator of an e-commerce marketplace specialising in rare books and first editions, leading company formation, financial management, compliance, and operations. Designed and built a full-stack retail platform integrating payments, inventory systems, and customer experience tooling.
Director
shane-lim.com
2011-Present
Singapore ∙ Thailand ∙ China ∙ Japan ∙ India ∙ Poland ∙ United Kingdom ∙ United States ∙ Colombia
∙Award-winning filmmaker, photographer and creative professional with 1M+ views across platforms.
∙Clients and collaborations include Emmy and BAFTA winner Ricky Gervais (The Office, After Life), Japanese-British popstar Rina Sawayama (John Wick: Chapter 4), and Academy Award nominee and BIFA winner Alex Garland (Ex-Machina, Annihilation, Civil War).
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Film and Television
Directing Fiction
National Film and Television School (UK)