Mysterious A24 Trailer is for a Sundance Short

Last week, A24 released a trailer for an untitled project that caused much speculation. It turns out the trailer was not for a feature, but a short called Toru that is set to premiere at Sundance.

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.