Programs
Last Shadow at First Light
Made in Japan
Introduction
Singapore, Japan, Slovenia, Philippines, Indonesia/2023/108min
Director：Nicole Midori WOODFORD
Aml is a high school student living with her father In Singapore. Her Japanese mother has been missing for some time since returning to Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Aml frequently dreams about her mother and is convinced that she is still alive. After discovering tapes and letters left by her mother, Aml decides to follow the path she saw in her dream and heads for Japan. She sets out on a Journey to retrace her mother's footsteps In the Tohoku region with her uncle - now a Tokyo-based cab driver who is the only person who knows her last known whereabouts... Known for her short film and directing of the episode "The Excursion" from HBO Asla TV series "Folklore 2," Nicole Midori WOODFORD's debut feature film Illustrates how people confront the pain of loss. In addition to the superb cinematography by URATA Hideho, the film's supernatural depiction of ghosts and the souls of the dead coexisting with the world of the living is also highly effective. The film premiered in the New Directors Competition at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
Director：Nicole Midori WOODFORD
Nicole Midori Woodford is a Singaporean film director and writer. She is an alumna of Berlinale Talents, Asian Film Academy, Torino Film Lab and Talents Tokyo. Her short films have competed in various festivals including Busan International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival amongst many others. Her debut feature film Last Shadow at First Light, a Singapore-Japan co-production which was selected in Torino Film Lab, Talents Tokyo at Tokyo FILMEX and SEAFIC was selected to compete at the New Directors section of San Sebastián Film Festival in 2023.
Nicole is a recipient of the prestigious Young Artist Award in 2020 in recognition for her achievements in filmmaking. She is also one of the director-writers for the second season of the acclaimed HBO Asia series FOLKLORE 2, helmed by Eric Khoo. In her works, her exploration of trauma spans from personal violence to the 'traumatised landscape'. Her process involves immersing herself within the physical spaces, tracing encounters through improvisation with her actors to evoke truth and memory.
Schedule
11/23（Thr）21:15 -
Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho
11/25（Sat）13:00 -
Yurakucho Asahi Hall