Singapore, February 1942. An Australian fighter pilot is shot down over the jungle and must find his way back to Allied lines, through Japanese-held territory.
Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary. Transcending language and culture, CANOPY is a cinematic tour de force exploring the collision of war, nature and its impact on humanity.—Producer
Singapore, 1942. The war between the Allies and the Japanese is in full swing, and Jim, a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force, finds himself tangled in the branches of a tree, hanging by his parachute. Now, trapped in the unforgivable, enemy-ridden jungle, Jim must rely solely on his survival skills to brave the elements and evade the dangerous Japanese patrols. As exhaustion, hunger, and thirst blur the boundaries between day and night, dream and reality, Jim must fight tooth and nail to stay alive and find his way back to the Allied lines. But the dense green maze is the ultimate adversary.—Nick Riganas
An unlikely friendship between 2 young men becomes everything, when Jim, an Australian soldier, is lost, injured and takes refuge under the canopied jungles of Singapore, during the violent Japanese invasion in World War II. Seng, a Singapore-Chinese resistance fighter emerges from the jungle and the two young men find themselves thrown together hoping to survive.
