Re_turn
Directed by Danial mirian
Iran · 2026 · 16 min 26 sec · Experimental
Submitted to OnShow International Film Festival 2026Synopsis
A descent into delirium and an unsettled mind wandering through a metropolis of restless lights and waves. As images fracture, invert, and collide with a wind that never ceases, the boundaries between inner and outer worlds begin to dissolve. The city becomes a shifting mental landscape where perception, memory, and reality drift endlessly out of focus.
Director
Filmmaker Biography Danial Mirian is an independent filmmaker from Iran whose work explores the boundaries between image, sound, memory, and subjective experience. Working primarily within experimental and artistic cinema, he is interested in the ways film can move beyond conventional storytelling to create immersive, ambiguous, and deeply personal experiences. His artistic approach is shaped by an interest in solitude, freedom, the inner world, and the overlooked details of everyday life. Through the interplay of visual composition, sound, voice-over, and fragmented imagery, he explores the tension between individual perception and the surrounding social reality. Rather than providing definitive answers or following linear narratives, his films invite viewers to engage with uncertainty and construct their own interpretations. His practice reflects an ongoing search for a personal cinematic language in which form becomes as significant as content.
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OnShow International Film Festival — Inaugural Edition · 2026