Gracie Gonyou

A film student facing a moral crisis struggles to come up with a concept for a short film for his school project.

Andy, a stressed and obsessive wildlife photographer desperate for a competition-winning shot, sets out alone into the woods where his anxiety, lack of medication, and mounting frustration blur the line between ambition and self-destruction.

A short documentary that follows director Hylmi Rabbani through the emotional and creative turbulence of making his student short film Ephemeral.