MANIC : The noise we called salvation
BAIFF 2025 Cinematic Singularity Award In the near future, emotions are treated as diseases, and every citizen is implanted with a neural system called NIRVANA to maintain emotional stability. Noah, a psychiatrist working at the heart of this system, encounters Mirae, a high-risk patient known as “the woman who went mad trying to save the world.” Through her cryptic words, Noah begins to rediscover long-forgotten emotions—and fragments of truth. Meanwhile, Zola, a janitor and secret member of a resistance group, is covertly collecting emotional data from Noah and Mira in preparation to dismantle the system. Using his insider access, Noah triggers a disruption at the system’s core, but a final confrontation with the system’s creator—the hospital director—leads the story into a tragic spiral.
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