An Artist and the Wall of Reality | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee March 16, 2022

An Artist and the Wall of Reality

By Girish Alaje with 6.4

drama · Short Films · english

The pandemic brought with it the most disconcerting, isolating and hopeless circumstances, to say the least. In such a scenario, the circumstance of a creative person, deprived of their work and ability to express their internal dilemmas with the world by way of their art, was especially hard. The narrative is a portrayal of the same reality.

Confined indoors, with no food to eat, in a world that remains quiet and desolate in the wake of the pandemic, the protagonist, an artist himself, has little left to do than scroll through others’ social media updates, specifically about food, on his phone. However, as the hunger and isolation mounts, a different understanding of reality awaits him.

It is in the realization of the same, both internally, for the protagonist, and externally and visually for the viewer, that the title of the film and its main message are unpacked. The final result becomes an earnest attempt to establish the premise and follow it through till the conclusion.
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