Bâan
"บ้าน" (B̂ān): Thai. home, house, hearth
A young man from Japan travels to another world to figure out what he wants to do with his life. A young woman from Euthania travels to another world to stand on her own. Their stories intertwine as the movie progresses.
It's good. It's seriously impressive even if it wasn't an independent project, feeling like something out of an anime version of Love, Death and Robots. There's a couple twists throughout that wrinkle this deceptively-simple story, and it's efficient in matters of worldbuilding by saying only what's necessary, implying what's warranted and ignoring the rest. It also manages to tie a neat bow on the themes without making too much of a generalization, which is also impressive with a 18-minute runtime. I don't think the emotional impact was quite as strong as it could have been, but I think the quality stands regardless, and I know that making something like this couldn't have been easy.
Give it a watch. I promise you'll come away with something to think about.
