IRIS

Short,

United States

2025

Runtime, min

In a corporate-dominated future where status means far more than surviving, Iris Miller finds herself willing to do just about anything to prove herself to her superiors. A grey, smog filled world where your rank on a corporate ladder offers protection from the sight of suffering and poverty. The elite wear blinding glasses, augmented lenses that erase tragedy from their view. The higher you climb, the less you have to see and the less empathy you feel. Iris is desperate to achieve such status; to be completely removed from the wretchedness of this late stage capitalist society. What lengths will she go to in order to prove she's got what it takes?

Director:

Modesto Mazaeda

Selections and Awards:

Chinese American Film Festival West Covina April 12, 2025 iCiTi TV Premeire Official Selection United States

REVIEWS:

For the first time, I realized that the future of technology might not destroy the body but the conscience.

Daniel Klinke

Yeah, corporate hell. But damn, it’s shot beautifully. Even if you don’t buy into it you still enjoy the view.

Ava Wright

Every frame is a metaphor for how humans blind themselves in pursuit of success. The real horror is the emptiness inside.

Guiol Rodriguez

The film brilliantly exposes the cult of corporate blindness where not seeing becomes a privilege. It’s like a micro “Black Mirror” episode, but colder and more intimate.

Daniel Rogers

Those eye scenes pure nightmare fuel! Haven’t seen something this disturbingly good in a while.

Simone Bueno Morcillo

Creepy but mesmerizing. I couldn’t look away, even when I really wanted to.

Sophia Wilson

It’s like TikTok meets “American Psycho” in hell. Short, stylish, and totally gives you chills.

Ava Patel

Iris embodies the woman forced by the system to trade empathy for survival. The horror isn’t supernatural, it’s societal.

Grigory Kopic

Minimalism, restraint, and strong symbolism all work perfectly. The only thing missing is air. But maybe that’s the point.

Leo Antsiferov