Eight minutes. One telepath. Infinite paranoia. This short will outstay its runtime in your brain.
Set in the distant future, POLIS is a sci-fi thriller about David Porter, a young telepath whose search for his mother threatens to uncover a utopian society's horrifying secrets.
Cinematography
Blade Runner aesthetics on a shoestring that somehow works harder than most blockbusters.
Direction
Ilous crams more world-building into 8 minutes than most franchises manage in 8 hours.
Editing
Ruthless compression—every cut feels like it's hiding something.
Director
Steven Ilous
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