A son inherits from his father the responsibility to protect his city from the poisonous mantle of darkness that threatens it. Every day, promptly and unfailingly, he has to keep the protective windmill and dam working. Young, lonely and shy, he is ignored and scorned by his schoolmates. The arrival of a new student at school triggers great changes with unexpected consequences for everyone. A film with few words, where everything is told and guessed at each breathtaking stroke of Eric Oh’s magical, luminous animation, punctuated by the stunning music of Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts. With its screenplay written by Roberto Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi, "The Dam Keeper" deals with loneliness, cruelty and its poisonous, unpredictable fruits, friendship and the healing power of art and laughter, of disillusion and forgiveness. A simple, wise, poetic fable that tells us how we can fight the darkness that surrounds us and dwells in us. (Manuela Azevedo)