A determined farming family fights to secure state permission to complete drilling on their parched land. Their hopes are dashed when their drilling machine strikes an enormous rock underground. Overcoming this daunting obstacle is their only path to the vital water source they desperately need.

Set against a stark, desert-like landscape, Okan Avcı’s gritty short underscores the futility of human endeavor in an indifferent environment. Digging into bureaucratic mechanisms, Boulder vividly portrays power dynamics among the resilient men in one tenacious family.