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Nominal (2026)
Directed by Keiran Arscott
Science Fiction · 8m
2046. Corporations are using repressed memories to secure sensitive data against hacking. K lives in isolation inside a sterile memory compound, subjected to daily interrogations designed to excavate and erase a single buried memory. As fragments resurface through recurring dreams of fire, panic, and a lost child, he struggles to separate genuine recollection from manufactured reconstruction. Guided deeper by a calm, invasive corporate system, K is forced to confront a tragedy tied to his sister and the guilt he has carried ever since. But as the sessions intensify, a darker truth emerges: his trauma is not being treated. It is being weaponised. His unresolved grief is a living encryption key, and the corporation is using his subconscious to breach a protected mental firewall. Nominal is a psychological sci-fi noir about memory, grief, and the commodification of consciousness, in a world where even trauma is bought and sold.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Keiran Arscott
- Director of Photography
- Andrew Lee
- Editor
- Keiran Arscott
Details
- Release date
- 2026-07-25
- Runtime
- 8m
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada