Tony Teav

15-year-old Robel embarks on an errand to deliver a suitcase across town, destined for a sick family member in his parents' homeland of Eritrea. He enlists the help of his best friend Fahmi, but an unexpected turn transmutes his simple task into an odyssey across the rapidly gentrifying city of Seattle.

Set inside a hospital waiting room across the street from a hectic outdoor music festival, Desert Palms is a single-take live action immersive film that follows a throng of injured characters as they wait to be seen by an extremely slow and overwhelmed ER facility.