Memento Mori - Short Film Synopsis

Willow Hunter is an everyday teen that has an ambition to be a successful nature photographer. On one of her photography outings something unexpected happens. She gets kidnapped and ends up in the middle of nowhere. With her kidnapper Lilith Sinner not in sight, she makes her escape.When she breaks out of her 'cell' she notices the inky black sky and realises she must have been unconscious for hours. As she is finally excepting her surroundings as real, she sees a mysterious figure moving in the darkness so she sets off. Willow’s heart beats loudly as her legs become weak. Willow finally comes to a clearing where she thinks it is safe but is she? Can Willow escape her kidnapper and pursue her photography dream or will her dream die alongside herself?

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