Incomplete

In the middle of relentless rain, a mobile phone lies abandoned.
A silent telephone booth waits for a call that will never come.
A letter is written, sealed, and left at a doorstep.
Through fleeting images — a stray dog, a grave, fireflies drifting into darkness, water flowing endlessly, and a world shifting between color and black-and-white — Incomplete unfolds as a 50-second visual meditation on human incompleteness.
It tells the story of words unsaid, love unconfessed, and the irreversible weight of delay.
At its heart lies a final letter: a confession spoken too late, when time has already slipped beyond return.
A micro short about the fragility of life and the silence that defines us.

  • Shorna Abedin
    Director
  • Shorna Abedin
    Writer
  • Shorna Abedin
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 15, 2026
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Shorna Abedin

Shorna Abedin is a Bangladeshi visual artist and independent filmmaker whose work explores emotional silence, existential fragility, and the unseen layers of human experience. With a background in English Literature and a strong foundation in conceptual art, her storytelling blends poetic minimalism with symbolic imagery.
Her films and artworks focus on inner landscapes rather than external spectacle — capturing the spaces between words, the tension between presence and absence.
Incomplete represents her continued exploration of micro-cinema as a powerful medium for emotional truth.

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Director Statement

“Incomplete” was born from a simple yet universal truth — most people leave this world with words unsaid.
I wanted to tell a story without relying on dialogue or conventional narrative structure. Instead, I used visual fragments: rain, abandoned objects, silence, and contrast between color and monochrome.
The film reflects how delay, fear, and hesitation shape our lives. The letter at the center is not just a confession of love — it is a symbol of human incompleteness.
In 50 seconds, I aimed to create a cinematic poem about time, loss, and the irreversible nature of silence.