ISOLATION

6:21 min, 2022​

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The lonely experience of the COVID-19 pandemic shown through the perspective of a little girl.

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A young girl awakens in a vast, unfamiliar space that feels endless and empty, frightened and unsure of where she belongs. As the environment shifts into the color of the present day, it becomes unclear whether she has survived her circumstances or is stuck in a past iteration. Life moves forward unchanged, but she is nowhere to be found. 

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directed & shot & edited: Leyla Mandel

starring: Ophelia Barahona

16mm bolex

kodak TRI-X Reversal Film 7266