We were lucky enough to have Rinoj Varghese, a hard-working new jury member who is also a filmmaker, interview Alvaro Garcia, the mastermind behind the short film My Memories. This film truly is *short*—about five minutes long—so you definitely have time to watch it on this last weekend of the virtual festival.
Rinoj makes a very good point here, which is that My Memories works regardless of what language it’s in. It’s amazing that in only five minutes Alvaro Garcia could pack so many deep ideas into this sci-fi mental health film. My Memories is a meditation on corporate control and ownership of our memories as well as a melancholy exploration of the mental toll of beginning to lose our memories, both on ourselves and those who care for us. Like my favorite science fiction, it uses the near future as a way to explore our present psychological problems.
You still have time to watch the short short My Memories in the virtual festival for FREE through tomorrow evening, 11/2: My Memories | Shorts Block No. 1 | Mental Filmness 2025 Virtual Festival
Cast your virtual ballot, and let us know what YOU think!