- Format
- Narrative short
- Genre
- Surreal drama
- Theme
- Grief · Memory · Impermanence
- Stage
- In development
Logline
Twenty-five years after losing his father in a car crash, a man drifts into a surreal dreamscape and finds himself excavating buried memories — and facing the child he left behind.
- Written & directed by
- Sina Nazarian
- Produced by
- Sina Nazarian
- Production
- Nazarian Productions
Director’s Notes
I · Why this film
“This film is my attempt to rebuild that dreamscape: not to say goodbye, but to have one more chance at contact.”
“The Buddhist idea of anitya, impermanence, sits at the heart of this film … For twenty-five years I held on. This film is my way of letting go.”
Reference art by W. D. Higginson — where the film began
II · The wolf
“The wolf became my guide … The encounter will not be recreated or staged; the footage captured on the scout will be used in the film.”
Wickaninnish Beach, BC · Scout, 2025
III · The shoreline
“The ruin is the petrified form of a fleeting memory, the sandcastle, turned to hard rock and eroding in decay: impermanence resisted.”
The hero rock, where the ruin will be composited · Scout, 2025
IV · The return
“In the end, the man buries his childhood toy car beside the tire, as the tide once took the sandcastle. The father’s lesson, finally understood: learning to let go is how we grow.”
The toy car · Wickaninnish Beach, BC · Scout, 2025
