Tears Burn to Ash

With only one night in Tokyo, a grieving Japanese Canadian woman is haunted by her doppelganger

  • 2025 / 15 min / English & Japanese / Narrative Fiction

    • Vancouver International Film Festival

    • Vancouver Asian Film Festival

    • Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival

    • Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

    • Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • Starring - Veena Yamano

    Writer & Director - Natalie Murao
    Producers - Thea Loo, Natalie Murao
    Director of Photography - Kaayla Whachell
    Production Designer - Masaharu Maeda
    Editor - Anna Chiyeko Shannon
    Composer - Veron Xio
    Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer - Oscar Vargas

    In association with Flag
    With support from Canada Council of the Arts & Japanese Canadian Legacies Society

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