LAST CIGARETTE

14 Min | Dario Caamaño | Japan

Jane and Emily, two teenage friends, sit by the beach facing the end of the world, as a broken moon, knocked out of its orbit, will eventually hit the Earth. Jane, the youngest one, must decide whether to reveal her true feelings for Emily. Jane is terrified by her inexperience and fears how Emily might react. As the clock ticks down, Jane’s internal struggle grows as the end gets closer.

Born in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1980. After having a technical education in high school, systems engineering at National Technological University, he began studying film and TV production in 2006.

He started in Conexión Educativa (TV) as a filmmaker, editor and colorist for a wide variety of educational and cultural TV programs, including several documentaries. He switched to become a freelance professional and started his own career as an editor (offline and online) and colorist, in Netflix series, documentaries and features for different production companies.

After moving to Japan, he started writing literature and scripts, reconnecting with the original feeling of directing. He directed a short documentary film “Procession”, “Last Cigarette”, and is involved in two other feature film projects as writer and director.