Between Past and Future

Playing with tensions and twisted perspectives, the film shows the complex relationship between our past and future, and the sensation of floating between the two. Where your feet can't touch the ground, you detach from the land, feeling estranged in the space between the deep, unknown waters stretching before you and the familiar land you leave behind.

There's a longing to linger in that moment where everything comes to a halt, where a rough sea becomes serene. There's an urge to mold that space into your own surreal world. But what if you reach that place you've yearned for? Is it the ultimate escape, or does it merely exist in our imagination? Although we persist in our attempts, it cannot be shaped nor grasped. And the past and Future will continue to push and pull like the tides of the ocean.

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2024, Short Film, 07:14 

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Story: Ellis Holman
Direction and art directing: Ellis Holman
Camera: Arjen van Eijk
Set assistance: Jeske Haak 
Production: Xinix Films & Ellis Holman
Edit: Arjen van Eijk 
Color grading: Robbert Nieuwenhuijs
Sound mastering: Joost de Glopper