Canopy — Singapore
An Australian pilot shot down over Singapore in 1942 and a Chinese soldier separated from his unit must silently navigate the jungle together — a survival film almost entirely without dialogue.
Singapore fell to Japanese forces on 15 February 1942 — Churchill called it 'the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history'. 85,000 Allied troops surrendered to 30,000 Japanese. The island's jungle interior sheltered both Japanese patrols and isolated Allied personnel in the chaotic days following the city's fall.