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No Exit

No way forward. No way back. No Exit.

No Exit follows a young woman trapped in a seemingly ordinary corridor, only to repeatedly return to the same starting point. At first, she searches for a way out with logic and patience, testing doors and marking walls, but nothing leads forward. As time begins to loop and reality subtly shifts - objects move, sounds stretch, and familiar patterns distort - her attempts to escape become increasingly frantic. The corridor feels smaller, the air heavier, and silence grows suffocating. Without dialogue, the film relies on sound, atmosphere, and visual repetition to chart her unraveling. By the end, it's unclear whether the prison is physical, psychological, or both, leaving the audience to imagine the boundaries of her reality - and question if there was ever an exit at all.

Directed by James Ongige