OMNI is a short film depicting the grotesque nature of mass surveillance, eavesdropping, and the systematic spying of individuals by their governments. Structured as a montage, the film follows fragments from the life of an ordinary person, revealing how constant observation quietly infiltrates the most mundane moments of everyday existence.
He arrived in a place where time seemed to move differently. In the airport, no one rushed to unlock a screen; people looked at one another, spoke to strangers, waited without distraction. There were no glowing billboards, no voices selling attention, no silent commands to look elsewhere. Life unfolded in front of the eyes, not behind glass. It was there—far from constant signals and endless feeds—that the absence of screens became a presence of its own. And in that quiet clarity came the realization: when our gaze is trapped inside a device, life does not pause—we simply stop noticing it.