8 is the story of a child trying to learn how to dream in a sleeping world, a slow reality where even fantasies are exhausted. Money, fame, success are all tempting, yet he can’t be bothered. Many soft, small destinies cross paths like the twirls of the number 8. They seep saliva or stretch out in lasers – impossible to catch, but they shine, they lure, a line of sight escaping towards infinity. Perhaps, then, we should switch to fiction, sharpen the script with a hyperrealist daydream method learned online on TikTok (the Shifting), to bring back a little hope. As if it were possible, like eating light.

SHORT COMPETITION:SHIFTING REALITIES, SHIFTING BODIES
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