The mundane nature of coastal village life bores away at a teenage boy’s perception of reality, leading to his ominous disappearance in the woods bordering the black sand beach, and the reconciliation between his internal landscape and that of his homeland.

A visual allegory for the complexities of mental conditions.

Xerces is a 4-minute UE5 CGI Short Film exploring alien abduction with an unorthodox approach, with interpretations of suicide, mental illness and isolation woven within.