Belal Gamal

Circles is a psychological journey about repetition, identity, and the quiet moment when a hero begins to question himself. Trapped in patterns of choices and consequences, the protagonist slowly realizes that time doesn’t always change who we are it reveals who we’ve been becoming all along. As the line between right and wrong blurs, the film explores how intentions decay, how denial grows, and how one can unknowingly cross from resistance into responsibility. Circles asks a simple but unsettling question: at what point do we stop fighting the cycle and become part of it?

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