2024 Short Film: Twinkle

• Directed by Kheireddine El-Helou 
• Written by Kheireddine El-Helou 
• Stars Britni Camacho, Gregory Battle
• Run Time: 4:02
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tny2uKY8xX4

What Happens

A woman takes care of an old deaf man, her father. She turns on his hearing aid and then goes in the next room to make tea. The old man starts hearing mysterious music in his hearing aid. The lights blink, and when the girl returns, her father gets up out of his wheelchair, a new man… 

Commentary

It’s very sharp-looking in black and white. 

We don’t know exactly what happened here or why. Since it also happened outside, I’m guessing an alien attack or something of the sort. There’s a lot of the story we don’t get, but what we do see is interesting and very well shot– I’d like to see more of this story!