In Last Shadow at First Light, 16-year-old Ami embarks on a journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her missing mother, who mysteriously disappeared after returning to her hometown to help with rescue efforts following the 2011 tsunami. Between hauntings and hallucinations, against a landscape heavy with loss, lies a tender look at healing in the face of lingering trauma and unspeakable grief.
It is a triumph of a debut feature, seven years in the making, from local writer-director Nicole Midori Woodford. Chosen to be a part of Berlinale Talents and the Asian Film Academy in 2010, and currently a film lecturer at Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design and Media, she is one of Singapore's most
