Mindseye director Jim Archer‘s short film Brian and Charles comes up with an ideal solution when the pain of isolation gets a little too grim to bare.

Meanwhile, we ask Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes) and free-roaming animator George Wu about their visual approach to relationships.

Light Beings is a surreal love story of magnetic attraction – what inspired the narrative?

Natasha Khan: “I went to that swimming hole several times over the summer and watched people jumping in from different heights. I wondered how it would be to go there alone and see someone jumping and for something magical to happen as a result. The story then became about meeting places for lovers, about time and worlds separating them. If you were in love with an alien being, where would you secretly meet?”

Your film is about that space of wondering about the other person – the elephant in the room. What inspired your script?

George Wu: “This script is based on the personal experiences between myself, Meng-Chia and two close friends. Everything in the film has happened to someone we know; it’s like a friendzone documentary.”