DESPITE THE NIGHT

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In a near-future Northern Australia shrouded in volcanic ash, two brothers caring for their ailing grandmother must decide whether to head south in search of daylight or stay with the family they promised to protect.

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A distant volcanic eruption has left Northern Australia permanently blanketed in ash, and as communities move south in search of daylight, two brothers remain behind to care for their ailing grandmother. As the world around them empties out, they face an impossible choice: leave for a future in the light or stay with the family they promised to protect.

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Drawing on the directors’ own experiences of caring for elderly relatives, the film uses an environmental catastrophe as the backdrop for an intimate story about family, grief, responsibility and climate anxiety.

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