With the 2011 Tsunami as a backdrop, the film is a staggering odyssey, an essay on grief, on how humans and nature rebuild after trauma. Via rarely seen places below the sea to one of the Hawaiian islands where volunteers gather to clean a beach from Japanese tsunami debris, the documentary moves from the shores of Japan where Sachiko, Yasu and Satoko try to find ways to accept their loss.
Jennifer Rainsford
Jennifer Rainsford is a visual artist and director based in Stockholm. Her short films and installations have been shown at festivals such as Oberhausen, Berlinale, Rotterdam and CPH:DOX. Her last film Lake On Fire was selected for the main short film competition at Göteborg Film Festival 2020. All Of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars is her first feature length documentary.