SUNSHINE FOR EVERYONE

The flat earth’s inhabitants live by the sun’s rhythm, until one day a family oversleeps and halts the sun to charge their electric car. A sunbathing couple next door protests, while the café owner of “The Sunny Side” thinks they're tan enough and pulls the sun over his terrace. A neighbor can't dry her laundry, and a gardener complains his tomatoes stay green. The city erupts in chaos as everyone pulls the sun in different directions. Only the clock shop owner stands at his door, staring at the tower clock, unsure if it’s time to open as all clocks skip from five to ten past ten. The dispute escalates until the sun falls and shatters, plunging the city into darkness. Silence. Then the argument resumes. End credits roll. Afterward, the clockmaker is seen with a lit match, climbing the tower. He turns back the hands of the clock—instantly, the entire film rewinds to the first frame. The end.

Director’s statement
The sun should shine for everyone—but greed has made that less obvious. Some have, quite literally, “occupied the sun.” We're more interconnected than ever; from forever chemicals in our bodies to plastic at ocean depths, distant pollution still affects us. We saw this clearly during the pandemic. And what about happiness—can we truly be happy while others suffer? Some thrive on that suffering. But zooming out, it’s clear: we all do better when everyone does better. Call it naive, but if nature were truly our guide, we wouldn’t poison the planet for stuff we don’t need. If consumerism is the shark, we’re all its prey. I don’t have answers—my short film doesn’t either. But if more people question our choices, our interconnectedness could become a force for good. Millions taking small steps matters.