Birdsong

SYNOPSIS:

Tokyo. A young woman feels stuck in her daily routine and starts to believe that music is going to set her free. She enters into the dark belly of the music business, a dying animal that feeds on hope and turns dreamers into prostitutes. But when dreams die, they can be dangerous - and this bird will tear everything to pieces as she comes crashing down.

CREDITS:

• Writer: Hendrik Willemyns
• Director: Hendrik Willemyns
• DoP: Michael Dwyer
• Editor: Hendrik Willemyns
• Music: Hendrik Willemyns / Tim Bruzon
• Producer: Hans Everaert / Menuetto
• Associated producers: Filip Van Moerkercke / Ken Ochiai
• Cast: Natsuko Haru, Maro Akaji, Kazuhiko Kanayama
• With the support of: VAF, Belgian tax shelter

FURTHER INFO:

• Length: 90'
• Language: Japanese (English subtitles)
• Shooting locations: Tokyo
• Shooting period: finished
• Release: May 2019 (Latin America VOD: May 2020 / Eastern Europe TV: May 2020)
• Festivals: special screening Utrecht Film Fest (NL), Seeyousound Film Fest (Torino, IT), Rizoma Film Fest (Madrid, ES).