Ava Villella

‘Burnt Bread’ follows the story of Deon, who returns to his estranged friend's home after years of absence. As memories blur and tension simmers, Deon finds himself trapped in a surreal loop of past mistakes, emotional confrontations, and unsettling realisations. As the lines between reality and his fractured mind collapse, he faces the painful truth of his abandonment, and the haunting consequences of never being able to move on, stuck in a bardo state.

A exploration of nostalgia through sound and mixed media, using archival footage of director, Jackson Robinson's childhood.