SYNOPSIS:

A relationship comes to an end between Wai, and his girlfriend, Faith, who is in Taiwan. Wai travels from Singapore to Taiwan to meet Faith for one last time. It is a last journey of past memories, as he finds shadows of their love and time spent together. Filmmaker Leonard Lai engages the viewer in this simple story of love lost with carefully crafted images that embody the musical structure of an old love song.

Awards and festivals:

In Competition, 32nd Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2008, Brazil
In Competition, 16th Chile International Short Film Festival 2008, Santiago, Chile
22nd Singapore International Film Festival, 2009
Special Award Winner, International Competition: Timishort Film Festival 2009, Timisoara, Romania
4th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2009, Indonesia
5th InDPanda International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong
13th Thai Short Film & Video Festival 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
7th Imaginaria Film Festival 2009,  Conversano, Italy

Director’s bio:

Leonard Lai started his career in the film industry after taking a 16mm film production short course. His short film “Mr Charles de Gualle” won the Merit Prize at the Asia Regional Panasonic Digital Filmmaker's Competition in 2004. In 2006, he made his debut feature film, "The High Cost of Living" under the Singapore Film Commission's Incubator Programme. The film traveled the festival circuit and received the Best Film award at the 9th International Panorama of Independent Filmmakers in Greece. In 2009, he wrote and directed "Love Lost" which received the Special Award at the Timishort Film Festival in Romania. It is a first of a planned trilogy of short films exploring different stages of love.