Sergeant Bulut dutifully maintains a solitary guard atop a remote watchtower. Night after night, Bulut scans the horizon, awaiting an enemy that never materializes—until the sudden appearance of ghostly apparitions disrupts his routine.

Haunted by absences and uncanny visions, Ali Cherri’s eerie short soon slips from an atmosphere of suspense into a more surreal realm. Making potent use of nightmarish imagery, the acclaimed Lebanese visual artist crafts a poetic allegory for the absurdity of conflict with poignant force and care.