Experiencing Interruptions?

Meaningless!

The sun rises and the sun sets. The strivings of man flash before our eyes. All the while, the stream continues to flow.

  • Aidan Guynes
    Director
    Untitled Floating Mom Short (2023), Squatter (2022)
  • Aidan Guynes
    Writer
    Untitled Floating Mom Short (2023), Squatter (2022)
  • Brenna Carnuccio
    Producer
  • Ken Saez
    Key Cast
    "The Teacher"
  • Brenna Carnuccio
    Key Cast
    "Young Woman"
  • Stephen Henricks
    Key Cast
    "Young Man"
  • Michael Short
    Key Cast
    "Old Man"
  • Paula Kem
    Key Cast
    "Old Woman"
  • Joshua Esso Wann
    Cinematographer
  • Simeon Pate Church
    Score
  • Aidan Guynes
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Poem
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 25, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    13,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Aidan Guynes

Aidan Guynes is a writer & director based in Philadelphia. As a filmmaker, his work seeks to bring new perspectives to audiences. Unusual characters, mundane moments, and fantastical elements are inserted into the narratives of his films to challenge the viewer’s established perceptions. Aidan is a graduate of Temple University’s film program with a BFA in Film Directing.

His recent short films Untitled Floating Mom Short (2023), Meditations on Ecclesiastes (2023), and SQUATTER (2022), while distinct in structure and style, have delved into existentialist themes and questions. The latest, Untitled Floating Mom Short, premiered at Palm Springs International Shortfest in June, 2023, and is continuing its festival circuit through the remainder of the year. Aidan is also writing his debut feature, The Dragon (working title), which he hopes to produce in the near future.

Outside of his narrative work, Aidan also directs and edits commercials and music videos, bringing his distinct taste and perspective into diverse modes of storytelling.

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Director Statement

We are all building a kingdom. Your house, your career, your friendships, your experiences. Small kingdoms, big kingdoms. We build these kingdoms to make sense of our place here, to feel like we are leaving a mark, or at least deriving purpose from our actions. But the reality is that it's all vaporous. It will all fade away in the onslaught of time. And that's freeing, because it takes us out of the vicious cycle of striving for purpose and then being subjugated by it. It takes us away from our egos, because none of us can really mark this world forever. Thus, we must look higher for something that can actually make sense out of all of this. I like to think that we are vapor that has been evaporated by the harsh sun of this world which beats down on us, day in and day out. Maybe we've mixed with other toxic gases along the way. But in the end, we will condense and be purified. Our formless existence will be made solid again, and we will join the stream of life which has no end.