Last Shadow at First Light

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Last Shadow at First Light

Last Shadow at First Light

Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, Philippines, Indonesia 2023 Fiction cor 108 min.

Ami is a teenage girl with a special ability to communicate with the spiritual world. Haunted by recurring apparitions, she embarks on a journey from Singapore to Japan to uncover the mystery of her strange dreams and her mother’s disappearance years ago. On arrival in Tokyo, a cynical taxi-driving uncle whom she meets for the first time becomes her custodian. He reluctantly guides her to the family hometown, on a road paved with hauntings and hallucinations. Amidst the transforming landscapes, Ami’s enigmatic dreams and lost mother unveil their true nature.

Presented at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Singapore Japan Slovenia Philippines Indonesia international festivals female directors fantasy supernatural

direction

Nicole Midori Woodford

screenplay

Nicole Midori Woodford

cinematography

Hideho Urata

editing

Daniel Hui, Nicole Midori Woodford

sound design

Vincent Villa

music

Alenja Pivko Knezević

production design

James Page, Setsuko Shiokawa

cast

Masatoshi Nagase, Mihaya Shirata, Mariko Tsutsui, Peter Yu

production

Jeremy Chua, Tomohiko Seki, Bostjan Virc

co-production

Sophia Sim, Philotea Liau Hui Li, Liza Diño, Ice Seguerra, Yulia Evina Bhara

produced by

Potocol, Fourier Films, Fourier Films, cogitoworks, Studio Virc

world sales

Potocol Films

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14