Synopsis

In Emergence of Heart: a short film we enter the world of Bea, a young white gender curious child, discovering friendship and societal belonging. But when she receives a stuffed sloth for her birthday, her self-exploration comes to a halt as she learns that the natural world is being destroyed by society. Through a captivating storyline, we witness Bea, innerly tormented and unpacking the layers of society’s violent history, continually putting herself aside in her quest to save the world. But in the days before college graduation, as she grapples with how best to change the world does she begin to reckon with her own individuality within a violent society. The film is a powerful exploration of love and self in relationship with the whole. It is a modern, coming-of-age tale of personal and collective reckoning around climate collapse, environmental destruction, societal inequities, and our human existence.