Screamfest Horror Film Festival stands as a cornerstone of the horror genre, boasting the largest and longest-running festival of its kind in the United States. You can learn more about this year’s festival by checking out the official site. My Mother’s Eyes played on Wednesday, October 11. 

Hitomi (Akane Ono) was once a concert cellist before giving birth to Eri (Mone Shitara). Today, she writes music for her daughter, who goes to school to be a musician, and somewhat lives through her having the future she never did. Then one day, they are in a car crash and Hitomi loses her sight. Now she has to wear camera contact lenses and Eri, who is paralyzed in a hospital, wears VR glasses. This allows them to have the same body.

Living with the constant supervision of Dr. Tomio Miike (Shusaku Uchida) and his son Satonishi (Takuma Izumi), this film asks if a virtual life is a true one; if Eri should have to experience her mother’s existence and how Hitomi tries to make up for what happened.

Director and writer  Takeshi Kushida has created an interesting story here and it makes you question what life is and how the digital world may change your definition.