Nine minutes that'll haunt your dreams more than your actual dreams.
An anti-war exploration of the filmmaker's experience with recurring nightmares about a potential nuclear apocalypse, through the lens of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Direction
Wilkins weaponizes nine minutes like a countdown.
Sound
Audio that mimics the hum of impending doom.
Editing
Dream logic that collapses 1945 into 3AM anxiety.
Director
Callum Wilkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title references the Doomsday Clock, which hit 90 seconds to midnight in 2023 — the film's release year. Wilkins literally made this as the clock ticked.
This emerged from Australia's nuclear anxiety despite zero bombs dropped there — proving apocalyptic fear transcends geography. Wilkins is essentially a proxy witness.
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