Recycling | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee March 18, 2023

Recycling

By Orwa Alahmad with 6.5

romance · Short Films · english

A man wakes up late into the day, attends a phone call, or perhaps listens to a voice memo, and then immediately steps out to get groceries, followed by cooking an elaborate, sumptuous meal. The routine continues on loop, bleeding into the following day, and then another.

The only thing that changes is the menu, but the activities leading up to it are unchanged. The rest of the house remains silent and empty in unison with the seemingly lonely life of the protagonist. At the heart of the narrative, lies heartbreak and pain, and the tying of them with the food that is cooked before the viewer every night.

The final result exhibits earnestness in terms of sharing its ideas. However, it could have gained from a little more tightness in its progression as well as control on the various technical elements.
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