END POINT, 2022

A man, professor of political theory, loses his two sons in a war he believed morally justified and necessary. But when their coffins arrive at his home, he discovers that they do not contain his sons’ bodies. His need to find their remains leads him to the truth about their deaths, but most painfully to the re-evaluation of his moral convictions about war, the state and human society.

“End Point” is a film about the all-destructive nature of war. Inspired and moved by the outrageous and unbelievable events in Ukraine, I conceived a story in which whether you are the victor or the defeated in a war does not matter; for in either case you are a destroyed and ravaged human being.

Therefore, it is also a film about empathy, our ability to become the “other”, what many philosophers describe as the glue that holds societies together. Empathy is a Greek word and derives from the word passion (πάθος) which means suffering. So empathy has also the meaning of understanding the suffering of others - co-suffering in a way, which is the idea that lies at the heart of this story.

Finally, set in nature - in a forest, the film seeks to explore the theme of empathy not only towards our fellow man, but also towards the nature to which we belong and to which we so brutally behave.