A young boy in Malaysia goes shopping for his sick mother, while a girl in distant Japan tries to photograph an incredibly beautiful snow landscape. She finds an antique watch.

With his oneiric and contemplative films, Edmund Yeo has earned his place as a startling new voice in Southeast Asian cinema. This short film, which the director himself calls a “cinematic poem,” is a drifting wander through characters and places, imbued with graceful melancholia.