Doha Film Institute
Mohaq Short Film Programme
The new moon is full of hidden secrets and endless possibilities. The critical minds of young people will be challenged and stimulated by these films, which are appropriate for audiences 8 years of age and older.
Mohaq Short Film Programme (Schools)
Hilal Short Film Programme (Schools)
Kenji has lost his wife and Josh has lost his mother, and this father-son duo is not finding it easy to communicate without her. In taking over the day-to-day care of his boy, Kenji finds himself relying on Japanese rather than Australian culture – and this is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in Josh’s lunchbox. At first, Josh craves nothing more than his mother’s OzEmite sandwiches, but eventually Kenji has a creative brainwave that gets the mourning pair’s lives back on track.
Kenji has lost his wife and Josh has lost his mother, and this father-son duo is not finding it easy to communicate without her. In taking over the day-to-day care of his boy, Kenji finds himself relying on Japanese rather than Australian culture – and this is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in Josh’s lunchbox. At first, Josh craves nothing more than his mother’s OzEmite sandwiches, but eventually Kenji has a creative brainwave that gets the mourning pair’s lives back on track.

Credits

Director
Shingo Usami
Screenwriter
Shingo Usami
Producer
Hiroshi Kasuga, Shingo Usami
Cinematographer
Ella Gibbins
Editor
Romain Mongin
Production Company
Metro Screen
Music
Jane Belfrage, Greg Nishimura-Parke
Cast
Shingo Usami, Tatsuo, Cat Martin, Yoko Nishimura-Parke, Benjamin Stubbs-Goulston, Joshua Stubbs-Goulston

About the Director

Shingo Usami
Shingo Usami has acted extensively for film, television and onstage in Australia since 1998. His theatre credits include the Australian tour of ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’, ‘Coup d’Etat’, and the Griffin Theatre Company’s ‘The Floating World’. His screen credits include ‘Curtin’ (2007), ‘Broken Sun’ (2010), ‘The Pacific’ (2010), ‘Red Dog’ (2011), ‘Emperor’ (2012), ‘The Wo