National Day

Title: National Day
Mandarin Title: 国庆日
Country of Production: SINGAPORE
Year of Production: 2009
Duration: 19 min 12 sec
Language: Mandarin, Hainanese, English
Subtitles: English
Shooting Format: HDV
Screening Format: HDV / MiniDV / DVD

Synopsis:

Wei has finally collected enough National Day Parade tickets for his whole family.

But National Day happens to coincide with the 7th day after his father’s sudden death. The family foregoes the Parade to observe a traditional family custom – waiting for the father’s soul to return home before its final journey into the afterlife.

Cast/Crew:

Errol Lim, Feng Li Ming, Adeline Pang & Darius Tan

Written & directed by: He Shuming

Produced by: De Souza Norma

Cinematography by: Goh Hiro Toshi Thomas

Laurels:

13th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Bangkok

5th Singapore Short Film Festival, Singapore

11th Jakarta International Film Festival, Jakarta

32nd Recontres Henri Langlois, Poitiers, France

Project:Slingshot 2009, London

Sinema Showoff! August 2010, Sinema Old School