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500: the film's title card

Short · sci-fi · 2027

500

Shortsci-fi

500 wordsa day.One more.

In a world where people are allowed only 500 words a day, everyone wears a display on the neck that counts them. Victor, an authorisation officer in a silent city, silences people without saying a word.

One night he sees a mother spend her last words praying for her child. Victor listens to the unfiltered recordings and chooses the breach: a forbidden speech of 501 words.

512 words are spoken in the entire film. The rest is image and sound.

GenreDystopian sci-fi, drama
FormatShort, 15–17 minutes, in English
ShootOctober 2027
ProductionTransylvania Culture Foundation · KSM Production
StatusScreenplay finished
500: a brutalist city in fog
500: the three main characters
500: a group of enforcers
500: a black armoured vehicle
together

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