Peaks

Long-time friends, Mila and Luka, spend a day together entrapped in a windy, sandy, barren landscape that curiously intimates a sense of repetitive familiarity for both of them. Mila's boredom incites her wandering sensibilities, catching her eye on a passer-by. Luka, ever insecure from years of romantic rejection, is overcome with a surge of jealousy from her gaze that is no longer surprising to him...or her. A tired and ever-present coldness lingers between them. As the day passes on, Mila plays a macabre prank on Luka, faking her death by washing up on the shore of a misplaced lake. Her playful joy counters his horror and her warmth with him after the fact is drowned in his blind desire, leading to a peculiar and momentarily violent confrontation that seems awkwardly mistaken. The short explores a largely unspoken communication - when one person's fleeting sensibilities meet another person's unrelenting, nagging daemons. What "is" between two people who supposedly care for each other isn't always enough when a single party can't let go of what "isn't". PEAKS desires to explore this dynamic and the confusing releases of energy that arise from irreconcilable relationships.