Sophia Santos English

In search of independence, a young woman moves out of her childhood home and into a place of her own. But independence comes with a cost as she navigates her decaying relationships in the looming presence of an encroaching spore invasion. A coming-of-age story tinged with climate anxiety, inspired by the real-life environmental catastrophes hitting the Pacific Northwest, including heat waves, floods, and (impending) earthquakes.

Through dreamy textures and thermal imaging, the film hums with quiet longing, lost signals, and the strange intimacy of distance.

Tasked with laying off the employees of his father’s company during a work party, an inept man tries to lessen the blow in a misguided effort.