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Title: Hidden Memory
Runtime: 5 min
Country: USA
Director: Alejandro Figarella
Placement: Award of Merit
Competition: March 31, 2017
Synopsis: Detective Harris has been on an unsuccessful pursuit of a serial killer that has eluded him for ten years. The criminal always follows the same M.O. with two victims: one murdered, one disappeared without trace. There has never been any witnesses to the perpetuator of this crimes. However, the disappeared victim from last year’s case, John Erebos, has seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Harris believes that John might be a witness that can help identify the murderer. But to Harris disappointment, and as a sign of his unrelenting bad luck, it is discovered that John suffers from repressed memories. The detective will have to team up with psychologist Dr. Laquan to try help John recover his memories through hypnosis. However, as John begins to remember, what he unlocks might be beyond what any of them can handle.
