To thwart a prophecy, an elderly woman steals the village rooster to stop the arrival of morning. Meanwhile, her son and grandson dress up as beasts to find her and bring back the day. In the darkness, questions are asked, and tensions rise before the prophecy is announced. A simple and profound story of fate and family.
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SHORTS: TERRA UNFIRMA
Like a hangry, mighty-morphin Mother Nature, these shorts put the wild in wilderness, and consider the mysteries of the land we inhabit — from two cities’ uncanny ties to sand, the snarly and gnarly vibes of tropical apocalypse, a mother desperate to delay sunrise, and a Singaporean cemetery bursting with life and traffic jams.