The short film shares an entire array of events and emotional realities within its capsule-sized realm. It presents to us a couple about to close in on a deal for a new house when some shocking new information is brought to light. Alongside this development, a quiet observer also makes herself known, but not in a manner the viewer would expect. The conversation progresses, and another dark event of the recent past nestles itself within the story, one that can potentially alter the course of this deal. 
The film exhibits potential and investment of thought at the level of story and the manner in which the two sets of narratives, the observer and the couple, come to overlap. It also utilizes the same physical space to let it all unfold, presenting all its intentions with efficiency and an economy of resources. In the future, longer projects with this approach to storytelling would surely soar higher.

Closing Day | Short Film Nominee

It's a bright day when a woman walks into the house of another, clearly for the first time. The house is located far from the city, in a quiet, isolated corner; the property has made itself available to the young filmmaker who is scouting locations for her next project. As Elena and Annie strike a conversation, a sense of something being deeply amiss gradually begins to make its presence felt. 

The conversation is strained, as if collapsing under the burden of an undercurrent that threatens to overpower it any minute. It is filled with uncomfortable gaps, a momentarily zoned-out participant in Annie, who hurriedly follows up the lacuna with a disconcerting compliment for Elena's eyes. The house is inhabited only by Annie, or so she mentions until some very disturbing sounds begin to be heard by both Elena and the viewer. Could this mean that Elena's fate is sealed or is there an escape left for her? 

 The narrative endeavors to share the many aspects of the darkness of the human mind. Without delving into the whys and hows of it, it presents to the viewer a series of terribly dark events, and thus, despite a few rough edges, this is how the film should be approached and engaged with.

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