Award of Merit – “Unknown Being” (Canada)

Title: Unknown Being
Runtime: 12 min
Country: USA 
Director: Inanna Cusi
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: December, 2020

Synopsis: Unknown Being emerges into the streets of Vancouver, lost, cold, and alone – he reaches out, but finds it difficult to find a friend.

He interacts with the real world and explores it as an outsider. UNKNOWN BEING reveals the cracks someone can fall especially when he act outside of the norm. The harmless being puts people off with his confidence, curiosity, and openness to the world and shows the consequences that can happen.