Where We Belong

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 15mins
Year: 2023

Inspired by the Japanese tradition of offering food for the dead, a British-Japanese woman tries to reconnect with her origins by taking care of her mourning grandmother and, in the process, discovers the presence of her dead grandfather closer than ever.

FILM CREW:
Director: Madoka Belda Yamamoto
Producer: Janine Lu Lixian, Beier Zhang
Writer: Madoka Belda Yamamoto, Taylor Rasmussen
DOP: Eden Sandy, Tanja Adamoski
Editor: Brandon Hudson
Sound Design: Xi Sun
Composer: Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi
Production Design: Xiannuo Zhao

Cast: Malaya Stern Takeda, Takako Nodera, Masayo Aizawa


FESTIVALS:
Bute Street Festival August 2024
Stony Brook Film Festival July 2024
Waco Independent Film Festival July 2024
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival May 2024
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2024
UPTILT FIlm Fest March 2024
Through Women's Eyes International Film Festival March 2024
Crystal Palace International Film Festival February 2024
Dam Short Film Fest February 2024
TweetFest Film Festival November 2023