A PALE VIEW OF HILLS (TÔI YAMANAMINO HIKARI) is a film based on the debut novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro.

The film is co-produced by Lava Films.

Film synopsis: An aspiring young writer born and raised in England sets out to trace her mother's fate in post-war Nagasaki, but the unexplained suicide of her older sister leaves the mother struggling to reveal the truth about her past.

Directing: Kei Ishikawa
Cinematography: Piotr Niemyjski (graduate of the directing of photography)
Production: U-next
Coproduction: Number 9 Film (UK), Bunbuku (Japan) and Lava Films (Mariusz Wlodarski, our lecturer, and Marta Gmosińska - both are graduates of the film and tv production)

KEI ISHIKAWA
Originally from Japan, he graduated from directing at the Film School in Łódź in 2008. He is the director of such films as: "Traces of Sin", "Listen to the Universe", "Arc", "A Man". The film "A Man" had its world premiere at the 79th Venice IFF. Kei is a winner of the Japanese Film Academy Award.

Director’s profile at IMDb: imdb.com/title

Full list of films in competition at the Cannes International Film Festival: festival-cannes.com/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2025

Film info at Lava Films website: lavafilms.pl

Congratulations and fingers crossed!

still from the film A PALE VIEW OF HILLS – film promotion materials