HNIFF 2025
Before Us. After Us.
Directed by Cole Rutman · Canada · 15 min · short · narrative
After suffering amnesia from an accident, Jersey slowly uncovers the truth of the incident that caused her memory loss.
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From the director
Before Us. After Us is unlike anything you’ve seen. Is it a drama? A thriller? Horror? Coming-of-age? The genre doesn’t matter—what matters is that from the first frame to the final moment, you won’t trust what you see. Nothing is as it seems.
This film confronts the deepest themes: memory, innocence, mortality, death. It redefines what the "Afterlife" could mean. It’s a dissection of fear, the weight of mistakes, and what it truly means to take a life. With its eerie, unsettling atmosphere and chilling twists, Before Us. After Us won’t hand you answers...But we will leave the theories to your viewer discussions!
So, as you take the plunge and enter the summer that Jersey cannot remember, the cast and crew ask you this final question:
Promise you'll come down after us?
