Your boss owns your soul, but at least the headset is ergonomic.
In a dystopian near-future, a young couple slowly realizes their mega-corporation employer's VR work-from-home routine is draining the life out of their relationship and must decide whether to lose their humanity or break free.
Cinematography
Cramped domestic spaces that feel increasingly suffocating.
Acting
Gamble and Thompson communicate entire collapses in silence.
Production
VR headsets so plausible you'll check your own for corporate spyware.
Director
Kyle Dubiel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dubiel shot in his actual apartment during lockdown, using corporate Zoom fatigue as directorial fuel.
The title references 'bird hours'—that liminal 5-9am window when remote workers pretend productivity before meetings begin.
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