While hunting for pitcher plants, a taciturn poacher encounters an unexpected object in the middle of the forest and finds himself listening to someone grieving about their hair.
Short Synopsis [contains spoilers]
A taciturn poacher on the hunt for pitcher plants heeds an unexpected ringing emanating from within the forest. Curiosity lures him to the source—an ordinary red telephone perched on a tree—and he eventually finds himself lending an ear to someone grieving about their hair. Elsewhere, vignettes of the forest reveal its modest luster, all the while the poacher, or perhaps we, continue to attend to the brooding stranger.
Notes: mobile film, shot on smartphone
2025 Official Selection, 17th Festival Angaelica (US)
2025 Official Selection, 5th Int'l Ecoperformance FF (Brazil)
2025 In Competition, 28th CinemAmbiente (Italy)
2025 Official Selection, 17th Leiden Shorts (Netherlands)
2025 In Competition, 18th Ecozine FF (Spain)
2025 Official Selection, 14th Cambodia IFF (Cambodia)
2025 Official Selection, 1st Tjilatjap IFF (Indonesia)
2025 In Competition, 6th Margaha FF (Philippines)
2025 Group Exhibition, The Poetic Lens, Millennium Film Workshop (US)
2024 Official Selection, 8th Beijing ISFF (China)
2024 Best Sound / Nominee: Best Film / Nominee: Best Cinematography, 22nd Mindanao FF (Philippines)
2024 In Competition, 14th Binisaya FF (Philippines)
2024 Gold Award, 4th Montañosa FF (Philippines)
2024 Grant Recipient, Bipolaroid Film Fund (Philippines)
2023 Grant Recipient, Montañosa FF (Philippines)