Summer 2002: 12-year-old Yuta, grieving for his father who died in a car accident a year ago, visits a place filled with memories. He meets a strange old man and travels back in time to 1977, to a village doomed by the construction of a huge dam. Yuta meets a mysterious girl, Saeko, and makes friends with local boy Kenjo. The old man reappears and tells Yuta he will remain in the village for a month. It’s an unforgettable summer. But Saeko has a secret… The month passes, Yuta returns to 2002. Will he ever fully understand what he learnt in that summer?
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
