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Unskin (2020)
An accomplished and deeply mystic short film
Elcid Asaei has created an accomplished short film. A deeply mystic, beautiful, trippy short film that bends the rules and is pleasantly non-linear, surprising you just when you think it's going in a certain direction. This non-linearity is one of the film's strengths, but may not be everyone's cup of tea, especially those expecting something more linear in a film. But I believe this is not the sort of film you can be impartial to. It will at times challenge and provoke the viewer, and demands your attention if nothing else, leaving an open-ended question at the conclusion partially answered, allowing room for some interpretation and a potential feature film(?) perhaps.
Atmospherically, the cinematography, editing, soundtrack and production design are incredible and thrust me into the film's world immediately. I wanted to see and hear more, but even so in a short film of 15 minutes long there is a lot to see and hear already.
To me there is a beginning of something very powerful here. I look forward to following this promising Director's next works.