In a haunting near-future that feels like the end of the world, an estranged mother and daughter reunite under dark circumstances.

Bristling with an atmospheric sense of menace, this visually operatic poem from filmmaker and Fwends (MIFF 2025) producer Sarah Hegge-Taylor reckons with the cyclical nature of trauma and its impact on both the body and the mind, while also exploring the director’s complicated feelings for her mother.