SNOW IN MIDSUMMER

Snow in Midsummer is the latest film by CHONG Keat-aun, the Best New Director at the 57th Golden Horse Awards. CHONG’s first feature, The Story of Southern Islet was selected at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival and IFFR 2021.

On May 13, 1969, Su-mei and her daughter Ah-eng watched Cantonese opera at the Chinese Temple in Kuala Lumpur, while her husband Ah-kooi and son Ah-yeow were at Majestic Theater. Unexpectedly, a violent riot broke out, and Su-mei’s husband and son were killed as they tried to escape the theater. In a panic, Su-mei and her daughter sought shelter behind the opera stage for the whole night. The Prime Minister declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law. Su-mei’s husband and son’s bodies disappeared after the riot.

Forty-nine years later, in 2018, Ah-eng discovered a news article about a nearly demolished cemetery called “513.” Ah-eng sought to track down her father and brother’s burial location to fulfill her mother’s last wish.