Jesse, the enigmatic, quiet, and quaint must attempt to find the closure within himself along with his two friends — while entangled within the shackles of modern-day discrimination and prejudice of what it means to be confused, young, queer, and everything else in between. In attempts to ask the right questions on desire and dreams later forms an open letter; a juvenile inquiry on growth, love, friendship and acceptance of the unknown, right on the cusp of the last few moments of blissful high school, and the brunt of the beginning of college.
Mateo tries to get away from the memory of his failed relationship by working insistently, but he can't help but find things everywhere that remind him of his ex-partner.
"Saviors" offers viewers a voyeuristic glimpse into the boundless expanse of possibility within bdsm, a softer side not often portrayed in media, through the sensual rituals of Shibari (rope bondage) with dominatrix Azriel Black Wolf. The film is accompanied with synthesizer music by John Paul Bohon. "Saviors" is in part a continuation of Cecilia's first short film, untitled Experimental Erotica #1. Self-experiential, dream-like visuals of sensorial processing bliss, juxtaposing softness and the taboo.
A deadly virus has forced humanity into its four walls, but life must go on. The answer to this problem is our dummies, mechanical effigies that allow us to live through them. But the solution, although it was once described as temporary, seems more permanent than ever.
The film was made in the context of the 5th Panorama Film School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the theme DEACTIVATION.