Nadir

Where did THIS come from??!?! Best cinematography for me, hands down! The texture, the rich colours, the smoke and light beams!!!! SOOO FUCKIN GOOOOOD!!!! Such a crazy concept, and done SO WELL!!! So many POV/Found Footage movies looked UGLY this year, but this was stunning! And the final shot of the movie?! what a VISION!!! crazy work team!

Big fan of this one.
Very creative use of the found footage genre.
Loved the atmosphere and vibe overall.
Technically it's very well put together. Great sound and lighting.
I do think it could have been a little shorter, but overall a very well made horror.
Hope if dose well in the competition.

Always Love these forays into a very scary place! Yikes what is in their heads!?
Awesome work, go far!

This is so good! 👏 Reminded me of creepy pasta vibes. I really liked the set design! The bells around the 'thing' is so cool. Kai pai 💐🎊

What I liked:
Smart not to really show this creature “in the box,” and overall this has a great horror vibe to it. Certainly some inspiration from “It Follows”, “Don’t Fall Asleep” and “Elm Street,” of course. The final shot is very cinematic, and there’s full commitment from the actor here. It’s very dark, but it does look good, and the different camera looks are well executed.

Take it or leave it:
Camera set-up – get it, and he’s holding one (a phone?). Is there a third set-up in the room, as we get a very convenient static shot too? My big pondering is who edited this together? And why? And the edit itself is too clean, really, not raw enough for found footage, and how that footage is actually found is never explained. With this genre, that is always my first question. The final scene in the hospital – I get the security camera footage, but who is filming the rest, as it looks like an actual film by that point? And why did this become part of the rest of the film? Who did that?! I don’t think you can really argue it’s POV at that point either. I just find all of that confusing, and it pulls me out of the film. The dialogue in the first scene just starts to get a bit repetitive, and so as mentioned above it starts to drag somewhat. Certainly, it could have been shorter.

Final hot air:
One of the better looking found footage films this year in CHCH and a really committed shoot. Just too many questions around the why and how of the footage for me. Great work getting on the shortlist though.