Waking Up
2025, English. Directed by Max Devereaux.
Waking Up is a quietly introspective short film shot entirely on location in Japan during Devereaux's first tour in the country in September and October of 2024. Filmed across Tokyo (Nakano, Ekoda, Shinjuku, Chiyoda, and along the Chuo Line), Matsumoto in Nagano, and Ukyo in Kyoto, the film captures fleeting, seemingly mundane moments that held deep personal significance for the filmmaker. Each shot captures a distinct moment when Devereaux felt his nervous system decompress just enough to be inclined to film — moments of stillness and clarity amid the motion of travel and creative exploration. Waking Up is both a poetic travelogue and a personal awakening. Echoing his own words — "When I arrived in Japan, it felt like I had finally woken up from a bad dream" — the film offers a meditative window into moments of quiet revelation, captured not for spectacle but for memory.
- Runtime
- 0h 3m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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- 13 May 2025
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Waking Up runs 3 minutes (0h 3m).
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Waking Up is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Waking Up isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 May 2025. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Waking Up?
If you liked Waking Up, try Tokyo Mater, Blood on the Sun, Lost in Translation.
Who directed Waking Up?
Waking Up (2025) was directed by Max Devereaux.