Prolific Singaporean producer Jeremy Chua (Cannes titles “Rehana,” “A Yellow Bird”) and compatriot Nicole Midori Woodford were among the many filmmakers affected by the glob…
The duo were prepping “Last Shadow at First Light,” the debut feature from Woodford who had made several acclaimed shorts including Clermont Ferrand selection “Permanent Resident” and Busan selection “For We Are Strangers,” when the pandemic struck.
Woodford had locked the casting in Feb. 2020, with a view to filming in May, while Chua had put together a co-production which was a mixture of grants and private equity. And then COVID-19 erupted. “It threw us into a washing machine, a tornado of confusion,” said Chua, speaking at a panel alongside Woodford at theThe project lost some equity partners who cited force majeure and also the grant from the Japan Foundation which had to divert cultural funds towards COVID relief.
The lockdown and cessation of international travel, while frustrating, brought with it a set of attendant benefits. One of the first things that Woodford did was to rewrite the script several times, especially since there were quite a few hospital scenes. “I looked at Jeremy and we both shook our heads and I knew we had to rewrite it,” said Woodford.
Woodford also had 30 zoom calls with her Japan-based teenaged lead, with each call lasting at least two hours, to take her through the role and improve her Mandarin.
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