A young woman with much screaming for her attention learns how, with the help of TV noise, one can enter a meditative state that supposedly quiets one's mind, but which has unwarned downsides. This is Nikolina Riselius' second short film, completed late 2025. 

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Director's Statement:​

This film has grown from a self-reflection, which also became a mirror for a wider societal condition. In an age of constant stimulation and endless distractions, the story explores how we ambivalently let media consumption trap us. Most dangerous is that it has reached a level where it just feels natural. I’ve constantly found myself bent over a screen, in need of something interesting, entertaining… an escape. Even with full awareness of the problem - “doomscrolling,” that quiet and willing trance to dream time away - there's a comfort in something that’s, for the moment, quick, easy, and inconsequential. It becomes a habit. It becomes a waking dream.

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I wanted to convey the idea of entrapment, told through a character who literally gets stuck in her own mental prison. Grounded in everyday elements of media, screen devices, and the unending search for distractions, the film gradually descends into darker territory. As the story unfolds, reality frays at the edges, blurring the line between what’s real and what might just be imaginary.

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I wanted to create something atmospheric and claustrophobic. This is a film, simple in its form, where it moves in a loop, mirroring the character’s - and many people’s - cycle. The minimal dialogue brought an interesting challenge, pushing visuals and sound to carry the weight of the storytelling. I hope the result is something both close and unsettling. A reflection of how easy it is to drift into a comfortable trap.