
The short film "Rotten" follows a group of university students who make an unexpected and frightening discovery while collecting soil samples for a school assignment. There are dead animals in the forest and when the sample is analyzed under a microscope, it quickly decomposes. The same thing that happens in the microscope seems to happen in nature... What should they do now?
Directed by Cecilia Colom-Davis, Bella Klaus, Ville Mellword, Rotten leans on a strong ensemble — Cecilia Colom-Davis, Ville Mellword, Bella Klaus — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2025.
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Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
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