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Ollia Horton

‘We are all foreigners’: Japanese director casts dandelion seeds in migration tale

'Dandelion's Odyssey' by Momoko Seto, which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. © ECCE Films / Miyu Productions

In her animated film Dandelion's Odyssey, Japanese director Momoko Seto explores the theme of migration – something seen across the natural world, as well as among human beings. Using detailed scientific imagery and a multi-layered soundtrack in place of dialogue, the film’s message is one of resilience.

Planet Earth is burning, with explosions going off left and right. In the midst of this chaos, four dandelion plants, fearing for their survival, lift off and float away into space to find a new home.

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