Facing(2025)
Facing is a short experimental film that turns the grocery aisle into a frenetic canvas. Shot with rapid cuts and a constantly moving camera, the film zooms through product labels until they dissolve into chaotic blurs, streaks of color, and fractured lines. Familiar packaging blurs together in a fast, chaotic montage, where the images overlap and mix until they turn into shifting colors and patterns.
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