CCTV

Synopsis

Two Iranian schoolgirls share a romantic relationship that depends on remaining hidden from the people around them. Believing surveillance footage could expose their intimacy, they enter their school at night to remove the evidence. The attempt to regain control over how they are seen goes wrong and leaves them trapped inside the empty building. Their practical problem becomes an emotional confrontation as fear and isolation make ordinary reassurance difficult. The short film turns a familiar school into a space shaped by both institutional observation and private vulnerability. The girls must respond to the immediate consequences of their plan while also confronting what secrecy requires of their relationship. Their story asks how intimacy can survive when being recorded and being recognized carry dangers neither is free to ignore.