Short Film: Vestige (2023)

Synopsis

A young guy walks along the beach as a voiceover talks about music. The voice then reminds him to look under the rocks for fossils. He cracks open a rock and finds a strange fossilized creature inside. It’s magnetic or something and affects his tape recorder. His grandfather says the boy’s father recorded hundreds of tapes before the accident. He starts listening to the old tapes of his father’s voice…

Commentary

Old technology is fun and all, but who knew cassette tapes would ever be cool again?

It’s not quite clear what’s going on for quite a while, but the acting is good, the locations are excellent, and the mystery is unexpected. Will Lukas find his father? Would that be a good thing?

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