Picture Character

The rapid rise 📈 of emoji (Japanese for “picture character”) has prompted difficult questions about language creation and digital communication’s fraught ties to identity and inclusion. Picture Character leads viewers 👀 on a deep dive into the ever-evolving world of emoji, from their humble beginnings in Japan 🇯🇵 to mobile keyboards 📱 the world 🌎 over, and shed fresh light 💡 on the private consortium 👥 that approves new emoji offerings and the individuals fighting ✊ to make the language more representative of its billions of users.

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INFORMATION

Edition: Singapore 2019
Directors: Martha Shane, Ian Cheney
Subjects: Graphic Design, Emoji, Technology
Languages: English, Arabic, Japanese, Spanish
Runtime: 81 mins
Screening: Asia Premiere

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