Private Project

Seeing Vs. Sensing

In a world where screens dictate reality, a disenchanted documentarian ventures into the liminal space between human perception and the silent narratives of nature. Through a poetic fusion of documentary realism and eco-quantum aesthetics, the film unveils an invisible realm where seeing dissolves into sensing, and untold stories pulse with the rhythm of the unspeakable. An evocative exploration of perception and interconnectedness, it invites viewers to experience the unseen and feel the ineffable truths of a world beyond the human gaze.

  • AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS
    Director
  • AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS
    Writer
  • AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS
    Producer
  • AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 29, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
Director Biography - AHMED TAHSIN SHAMS

Ahmed Tahsin Shams is a Ph.D. student [2023-2028] in Media Arts and Sciences at the Media School of Indiana University Bloomington, USA. His areas of interest include ecocriticism, aesthetics, and the Anthropocene. He is also teaching as a part-time faculty member at the University of Chicago (USA) since Summer 2024. Earlier, he worked at the University of Notre Dame (USA) as a visiting faculty member from 2021–2023 and at Notre Dame University Bangladesh as an Assistant Professor from 2016–2021. He is currently working with Black Camera: An International Film Journal as an assistant editor, one of the curators of the City Lights Film Series, IU Bloomington, and one of the committee members for the In Light Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (2026). He can be reached at ahshams@iu.edu

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Director Statement

A new way of storytelling to me should challenge my perception, to see beyond what my senses allow. Eco-Quantum Aesthetics, as I am terming it, may become the voices of Nature and nonhuman entities for human storytellers.