This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Hina Murata, actors Saki Toyoyama and Toshihiko Terada, and director of photography Yuri Yamamoto. It will be moderated by AAIFF programmer Kris Montello.
— About THE MIDNIGHT SUN (折にふれて) —
Fumi is about to turn 20 and start living on her own. She lives with her meddling father and her older brother, Mucchan, who has stayed shut in his room for 10 years. Fumi brings meals to his door and knocks—her quiet routine. As Mucchan fades from daily life and her father turns a blind eye, Fumi feels torn about leaving them. One day, she wanders into a town where the sun never sets—and there, she meets Mucchan again. She searches for what remains real as the lines between her suffocating reality and laughter-filled summer days with him begin to blur and collide.