14 minutes that'll wreck your whole day — in the best way.
As dawn creeps across London, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness, more afraid of themselves than each other. As the sun begins to rise, and the veil of the night is lifted, the pair look into the cold light of day for hope and it takes more than just the eyes to see inside a soul.
Acting
Gibson's wordless vulnerability says everything.
Cinematography
London at blue hour: gorgeous and crushing.
Writing
Graf packs a feature's worth of ache into 14 mins.
Director
Jake Graf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jake Graf made this as a direct response to the lack of authentic trans stories by trans creators in 2016 — it premiered the same year he came out publicly as trans.
The blind man's casting was intentional: his inability to 'read' Dawn's gender forces both characters to connect through language and touch alone, stripping away the visual policing that defines her daily life.
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