WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES

Director: Makoto Nagahisa
Screenwriters: Makoto Nagahisa

Institute History

Description

One sunny day, four young strangers—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—meet by chance at a crematorium. They have all recently lost their parents, but none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies, devoid of all emotion. Alone in the world at 13 years old with no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, our protagonists dress themselves in scraps from a garbage dump, track down musical instruments, and decide to form a kick-ass band. They call themselves LITTLE ZOMBIES. This is a story about their quest to retrieve their ability to feel.

After winning the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, writer/director/composer Makoto Nagahisa returns to Park City to unleash his feature-length directorial debut bursting with hyper pop style and unbridled imagination. Mixing inspiration from film, television, music, and, most importantly, video games, Nagahisa dazzles with a myriad of cinematic tricks, and he pushes his script in zany directions while never losing sight of its sympathetic exploration of grief and loss.

— C.S.

Screening Details

Sundance Film Festival Awards

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