Mark Penwill
Director
© Mark Penwill
Moderated
A man content with his apartment bound simple life is confronted with a challenge when someone knocks on his door.
2024
Fiction
Short Film
South Africa
English
2024/07/20
8 minutes
Finished
Durban International Film Festival
Tom has it pretty good. He has a lot of things his grandparents never had; an electric toothbrush, two different can-openers, glasses that block blue light. He works online so he rarely needs to leave his apartment. Social interaction makes him anxious. Tom does not really need anyone, and that suits him fine. Or does it? When the day is done and he lies in bed, something tells him he is missing something or someone. One night, a knock on his door presents him with a challenge. Sometimes radical personal change is only a small step away if we would only take it.