Thereness

Synopsis:

Thereness is a condition of existence in the present moment, being there and living that moment. I started working on this film during the lockdown that I experienced due to COVID-19. It reflects my thoughts and emotions while experiencing this new situation as I wondered what our life would look like from now on. I tried to show my concerns about the future, the new normals, new forms of waste. I used the rotoscope technique to make these animated drawings. I combined six different loops; each of these loops tries to tell a story. They are inspired by the mundane events I was going through during the lockdown. I tried to show my concerns towards the future, the new normals, new forms of waste, and raise the question of, what does “togetherness” really mean to each of us in situations like this?

Written, directed, and animated by Maedeh Mosaverzadeh.
Sound and music by Mohsen Asdaghpour.