This Wednesday, instead of going to the Zen Society, I attended the COM Redstone Film Festival. Being my first time, I went in with no expectations and overall skepticism, but left awed, inspired, and motivated.

It is hard to see a dream come to fruition, but I think these students definitely are one step closer to achieving their dream. What gets me—what amazes me—is the passion I can feel through the films made.

"Mind The Gap follows sixteen-year-old Sara, as she grapples with her father’s inadvertent involvement in a classmate’s suicide. Unfortunately, this is nothing new for Sara’s family. As Sara explains, the average train engineer is likely to hit as many as 30 people over the course of his career. While Sara’s school mourns the loss of one of their own, Sara views her father as the true victim of the incident. Through Sara's inner monologue, we’re given entry into the tragic side of public transit, and become aware of the wall Sara has built up to protect herself, as well as her father, from their grief."

The screen writing for Mind the Gap is amazing in the perspective it is written from. It casts a whole new perspective to the definition of a victim. What does one do when one is the cause of the death, but not the reason behind it? Mind the Gap talks about a different victim: the one no one empathizes with, no one pays respect to, no one realizes.

For more information, visit Kwill Productions. Mind the Gap is currently a finalist in the 9th Annual Chlotrudis Short Film Festival. There are quite a few there that deserve praise.