The Film Stage broke the news after matching stills from the trailer and the Sundance website, and also found some additional information on the project.
Toru is a 14-minute Japanese short directed by Jonathan Minard and Scott Rashap. The synopsis and trailer are below. It will play as part of Sundance’s Shorts Program 1 on January 19th.
With a science fiction undercurrent, Toru centers on the story of a baby boy, named Toru, born with a fatal lung condition. As he only has a few days to live Toru’s parents sign him up for a trial experiment that would simulate a full life in a matter of days.
The film follows Toru’s dream-like life simulation as a boy named Todd growing up in a New England suburb, and concludes in futuristic Japan.
