After traveling through a rupture in time, a young Singaporean backpacker must figure out a way to survive in a parallel world.
When his love life shatters, a young Singaporean follows the advice of a talking macaque, and boards a bus to the unknown. He then finds himself in Kyoto at a crossroads with three fellow twenty something lovelorn college mates: a Singaporean writer under the shadow of her famous artist mother, a gay Spanish art curator, and a lesbian Japanese interpreter. It’s 1996 in Japan, the Great Comet Hyakutake approaches Earth, bending and distorting reality all around it. Fireworks erupt over the Kamo River, ghosts at an underground rave, and eerie disappearances. A seemingly fleeting weekend spirals into a journey that transcends time and space, life and death. Spanning decades, centuries, and even millennia, LOVELIER, LONELIER follows Isaac across a surreal, globe-trotting adventure that begins in Japan and winds through Singapore, Spain, Malaysia, New York City, and beyond Earth, eventually arriving in a feral, unrecognizable future.
Winner of the NYWIFT Award for Excellence in Documentary Directing at the 2024 Woodstock Film Festival for her latest film TROLL STORM, Eunice is a former journalist whose works have appeared on Discovery Channel and Al Jazeera. She is supported by eminent arts organizations such as Film Independent, Jerome Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures and is featured in publications The New York Times, Variety, and Filmmaker Magazine. As a descendant of immigrants displaced by conflict, Eunice is drawn to stories about the journey of migrants and it is reflected in her body of work. Her debut documentary ACCEPT THE CALL set in Minnesota’s Somali community explores the impact of injustice and intergenerational trauma. It aired on PBS Independent Lens after screening at acclaimed film festivals. Her second documentary film A-TOWN BOYZ set in the Asian American community in Atlanta, explores identity, belonging and migration. It is streaming on Amazon after premiering at the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival. She is currently working on two TV series, including a comedy drama inspired by A-TOWN BOYZ is which is selected for the Film Independent Episodic Lab. A MFA film graduate of New York University, she lives in New York City.
Co-Writer/Director - Brooke Swaney
Producer - Yasu Inoue
