Drowned(2017)

Drowned follows a struggling playwright who meets an aspiring fashion student on the eve of his departure from Los Angeles to New York. The two forge an unexpected connection and spend a day wandering downtown LA together, their conversations peeling back layers of vulnerability as they grapple with questions of trust, intimacy, and belonging. What begins as a chance encounter becomes a poignant exploration of how two people can profoundly affect each other in a single day, even when their paths are about to diverge. The film captures the bittersweet tension between connection and impermanence, examining what it means to let someone in when time is running out.