Do They Rust in Heaven?

Do They Rust in Heaven?

Footage, memory and fantasy.

2025 · 37 min · Drama

A young man meticulously filters through the footage of his unfinished short film, after the abrupt death of the woman he cast in it. Under the obsession of this lost love, he spirals into an absurd and pathetic game of revision, alienating his sister in the process; who is attempting to make sense of her own journey through all this.

Directed by Aditya Karatagi · Written by Aditya Karatagi

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Eirini Vergaki Alice
Daniel Sheppard Trent
Emma Boyce Ruhi
Sho Eba The Woman in Green
Maree Barnett Ruhi's Mum
John Hunter Combo The Old Man
Angus Allan Roger
Hamish Bruce Charlie, The Sixth Dancer
Jay Gambrell Courter #1, The Seventh Dancer
Taylor Zenelovski Bad Date Man
Eoin Healy Courter #2, The Fourth Dancer
Amelie Palmer The First Dancer

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