3 Legs in Spring

Runtime: 3 Minutes 6 Seconds
An elderly man walks slowly along a rural path, leaning on his cane — his “third leg.” Beneath a blooming bougainvillea tree, he sits in silence. The camera lingers, allowing time to unfold without urgency.
Then, absence.
An empty chair.
Petals falling in the wind.
The bougainvillea still in bloom.
Spring continues.
3 Legs in Spring is a minimalist meditation on aging, impermanence, and the quiet dignity of endurance. Through still imagery and restrained pacing, the film contrasts the constancy of nature with the fragile transience of human presence.
In just 3 minutes and 6 seconds, the film transforms a simple rural moment into a philosophical reflection: spring renews itself endlessly, yet the human body moves only forward — toward disappearance.
The cane becomes memory.
The chair becomes echo.
Spring becomes witness.

  • Shorna Abedin
    Director
  • Shorna Abedin
    Writer
  • Shorna Abedin
    Producer
  • Zainul Abedin
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 6 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 12, 2026
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    3:2
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Shorna Abedin

Shorna Abedin is an independent filmmaker and visual storyteller from Bangladesh. Her work is rooted in metaphor, minimalism, and philosophical reflection. She explores themes of memory, spiritual endurance, silence, and human fragility through restrained visual language.
Drawing from literary sensibility and contemplative aesthetics, her films often rely on symbolic imagery rather than dialogue, inviting audiences into meditative spaces where absence speaks louder than action.
3 Legs in Spring continues her exploration of time, dignity, and the poetic tension between nature and human impermanence.

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Director Statement

I wanted to explore aging without melodrama — to observe it rather than explain it. In many cultures, old age is either sentimentalized or ignored. I chose stillness instead.
The “third leg” in the film is both literal and symbolic. It represents not weakness, but accumulated years — the invisible architecture of survival. The bougainvillea tree, blooming in full color, stands in contrast to the slow fragility of the human body. Nature renews itself effortlessly; human life does not.
The decision to end with absence was intentional. I believe silence can be more powerful than visible departure. An empty chair can carry more emotional weight than a dramatic farewell.
With a duration of only 3 minutes and 6 seconds, I aimed to create a work that feels like a breath — brief, fragile, and reflective. A moment that invites the audience not to watch a story, but to experience time itself.