17 minutes of pure psychological whiplash — your brain will beg for the pause button.
Inside a house he doesn’t recognize, with a family he doesn’t know, a young man tries to make some sense of what is happening to him. Everything keeps changing, his mind is sick. "Trust the protocol" is all he can do.
Acting
Cantin's unraveling — three mothers, zero grounding
Editing
Seamless disorientation — every cut betrays you
Sound
The protocol voice — sterile horror in your ear
Director
Alexandre Nachi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title '444' references angel numbers — ironic given the demonic repetition structure. Nachi reportedly filmed the house scenes in chronological script order to disorient the cast.
The short premiered at Fantasia Festival 2021, where viewers were handed 'protocol cards' with viewing instructions — immersive marketing that blurred the film's themes into reality.
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