From a Distance

Director: Nishan Arangala

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A red light glows faintly in the protagonist's chest as he stands motionless, whispering lyrics to a song as storm clouds gather and rain falls. A girl whispers the truth while circling him. Uncertain whether it is a dream, a memory, or an echo from another world, he finds himself sitting in a vast, water-covered emptiness and gazing at a massive portrait of her. Ripples around him form patterns that hint at perception and the multiverse.

His mind drifts through fragmented realities where memory melds with illusion. One vision has the girl happily playing retro games, holding a heart-shaped lollipop, her smile unreadable. The game screen shows his face, dissolving the difference between player and played as reality bends and city lights dissolve. Scattered portraits of the girl echo alternate lives and imagined timelines.

Somewhere else, she sat quietly drawing a smiling face on misted glass, while her own face was heavy with tears. Time bends; a tear crawls back into her eye as if grief were reversing. Meanwhile, the boy stands in relentless rain. His glowing chest ebbs from red to blue—two souls separated into different realities, bound by a link slowly undone through time and memory.

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