Mouth of Salt
With Mouth of Salt, I wanted to explore how art can hold truth and distortion at the same time. Elias’s sketches are not evidence but outlets of memory and emotion, yet they become shaped by others’ fears. That tension, between what is created and how it is judged, sits at the film’s core. The beach, wide and unbound, stands in contrast to the porches and curbs where suspicion closes in. This shift in space reflects the larger struggle between freedom of expression and the weight of mistrust. Art becomes fragile in that space, both liberating and vulnerable.