A woman wakes up underwater in an unknown place without a memory of her past. Unknowingly she is running towards something she once escaped

Pineal is an incredibly immersive and visual experience. The film dives us in a story of discover along with its main character (played by Evelin Kask). The woman wakes up underwater in an unknown place without a memory of her past. While she’s looking for a way out, images of another time and place start to appear. Unknowingly she is running towards something she once escaped. Some say time is an infinite loop. If time doesn’t exist do we?

The film depicts the disappearance of chronological time when a person has lost their identity and realisation of their surroundings. Everything appears to be happening at the same time in different dimensional realities. I wanted to show the confusion and fear of someone who is in this situation whether due to dissociative identity disorder or just plain fantasy. This for me is the chaos of loosing one’s memory.

There are several aspects of Pineal that brought the experience to a higher level. Starting from the direction by Jenny Rinta-Kanto, which wonderfully blurs the storyline and keeps the audience in a pending state. The film also heavily relies on the gorgeous photography by Kaapo Kamu, who embraces the environment and the architectural structures to help tell the story. And finally, the music & sound design created by Marked Man which heightens the mood and ambience in this particular film. Pineal was pleasantly shot with the affordable Sony α7 II & Atomos Shogun, as well as a GoPro Hero6 for the under water shots.