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Title: Reflection
Runtime: 9 min
Country: USA
Director: Daniel Robichaud
Placement: Award of Excellence
Competition: June, 2026
Synopsis: Faceless Greg discovers in his mirror reflection a vibrant world containing everything missing from his life: color that sings, wonder that breathes, and adventure that calls his name. Drawn across its threshold, he wanders a living dream where beauty blooms and danger takes shape, then flees it by the narrowest margin.
Yet something follows him back: a dragonfly’s quiet grace, a sudden burst of sunlight, a dying flower remembering how to live. And in that fragile miracle, Greg’s own face blooms into form, proving transformation can emerge even from the depths of emptiness.