The Nostalgist (14:54)
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This 2014 short film was presented by Dust in 2018; re-released in 2023.

A man lives with his young son. One day while playing chess, something strange happens to the man's vision, and he tells his son he must go out to buy a new pair of glasses. But the son can't come with him, because "it's dangerous." When the man leaves his home, we soon see that the glasses he wears are actually a device that allows him to see and hear the world as a utopia, rather than the dystopia it actually is. When the man finds himself in danger, his son comes looking for him. That's all I want to say about the plot, but it's a pretty decent film.