Shenxiu was abandoned by her mother when she was a child. Since then, she’s had bad dreams about a monster called Nightmare. One day, she travels on a cruise ship with her family. On a stormy night, she sees Nightmare on the deck, humming her mother’s song and calling her to the sea. She falls and breaks into the fancy Deep Sea restaurant, in an old transformed submarine. She meets the Chef, Nanhe, and embarks on a mysterious journey.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
