Swell(2016)

Swell is a science fiction film about a smartphone app designed to alter users' moods through sound. When a young couple begins manipulating each other's emotional settings, their relationship spirals into chaos as uncontrolled waves of conflicting emotions overwhelm them both. What starts as a tool for connection becomes a weapon of control, forcing the pair to confront how technology mediates intimacy and trust. The film explores the dangerous intersection of personal autonomy and digital manipulation, asking whether we can truly know someone when algorithms mediate our feelings. As their emotional landscape descends into dissonance, the couple must decide whether their bond can survive when every feeling becomes subject to external control.