A Useful Ghost

Film Year:
2025
Release Date:
28 August 2025
Running Time:
130 Mins
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Film Rating:
18+

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Winner
Critics’ Week Grand Prize / Cannes Film Festival 2025
Best Asian Feature Film (Special Mention) / Singapore International Film Festival 2025

Nominee/ Official Selection
-Centrepiece / Toronto International Film Festival 2025
-A Window on Asian Cinema / Busan International Film Festival 2025
-Sutherland Award – First Feature Competition / London Film Festival 2025
-Bright Horizons Award / Melbourne International Film Festival 2025
-Official Fantàstic Competition / SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia 2025
-Narcisse Award – Best Feature Film / Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2025
-Discovery / AFI Fest 2025

Synopsis:

March is mourning his wife Nat who has recently passed away due to dust pollution. He discovers her spirit has returned by possessing a vacuum cleaner. Disturbed by a ghost that appeared after a worker’s death shut down their factory, his family reject their unconventional human-ghost relationship. Trying to convince them of their love, Nat offers to cleanse the factory. To become a useful ghost, she must first get rid of the useless ones.

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