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poster for the short film, his mother.
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writer / director maia scalia reached out to us after finishing her first short film, his mother. she was looking to have a poster made whilst submitting the film to festivals, and wondered if we might give it a shot.

the film is a tightly executed and moving chamber drama, with a startling solo performance from bethany anne lind. the narrative details a woman driving as fast as she can to try and stop her son from doing something horrifying. she reacts to phone calls and radio reports on the way, all the while slowly and understandably falling apart. 

the film's combination of frantic eyes in the rearview mirror and bullet hole-esque traffic light shots immediately gave us an array of ideas. we presented a series of poster concepts and maia asked us to develop the one you see here. caspar made the poster in the berlin studio, finishing it off by printing it onto carefully lit black paper, to give the final piece it's "headlights on the road at night" papery sheen.
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imdb.com/title/tt22097536
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