Breath of the Mountain is a fiction short film that tells the story of Eoin and his journey.  Stress and confinement of city life drive him into the mountains, where he finds a piece of his soul he had been missing.
This story is a detailed "photography" of a day which can be our day too: a stressful life indifferent to others. One of the main themes of the film is silence. 
The scene in the first part of this short film shows the main character lying on the ground down in the street and a person passing over him without worrying about his condition is very strong.  As a result of another event we can't mention in the review, Eoin decides to change his day and go to the mountains. In conveying this state of total interior breach down, Michael-Eoin Stanney's performance is extremely effective. 
In addition to choosing Blue as the dominant color of the palette, the film conveys a sense of extreme melancholy and exhaustion. The photography was signed by Daniel "DJ" Tomalin and is refined. Additionally, Nick Salem's music is very coherent and delicate in portraying the inner emotions of the main character. The short film is a very good debut for Arash Shabany and Daniel "DJ" Tomalin as directors.
Filmmaker Arash Shabany is based in New York City. Having grown up in the southern Bay Area, he attended the NYU Tisch School of the Arts to study directing, writing, and acting. He is set to graduate in the fall of 2022.
After high school, he attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts for a B.F.A, studying Acting, Writing, Directing, and Design at the Playwrights Horizons Theatre School before advancing to Stonestreet Studios for Screen Acting and Production. In his final year of study, DJ is a multi-hyphenated artist who is keen to create art, tell stories, and leave an impact through his art on the world through love, hope, and life.
We look forward to seeing what these two talented directors do next.
Breath of the mountain won Best Student Film Award in the January competition of the Brussels Capital Film Festival.