On The Other Side Of The Moon
Format
Short film
Genre
Drama
Pages
0
Comps
It's Aftersun’s tender melancholy meets Before Sunrise’s intimate conversations, with elements of Blue Jay’s emotional minimalism
Logline
Two estranged friends reunite after one returns from abroad, confronting the distance that time, change, and silence have placed between them.
The Story
On the Other Side of the Moon follows two friends reuniting after one returns home from abroad. The distance between them isn’t just miles — it’s the subtle drift of change, the silent questions that time breeds. Their reunion holds promise and resentment, affection shaded by estrangement. Through shared silence and careful conversation, they search for the familiar in each other, wondering if what they once were can be what they become again.
Behind The Story
On the Other Side of the Moon was a collaboration shaped by perspective and trust. Written by me but directed by filmmaker Tavis Northam, the film became a true meeting of voices. Tavis brought a quiet, lyrical sensibility to the project, finding intimacy in silence and framing the story’s pauses as powerfully as its words. My script explored friendship, distance, and the unspoken weight of change, but it was through Tavis’s direction that the emotional subtlety found its shape on screen. This partnership allowed the film to grow beyond a personal story into something universal — a shared reflection on how we lose and rediscover each other across time and space.
The World
The film’s world is small, intimate, and observational — not about grand gestures but about the quiet spaces between people. Under Tavis Northam’s direction, streets, cafés, and shared rooms become stages for memory and change, captured with a delicate realism that feels both spontaneous and deliberate. The world is grounded, naturalistic, and slightly melancholy, mirroring the distance between friends who are learning how to see each other again.
