MemoryChase

A 15 Minute Sci-fi short film

Current Status: Post Production

In a world where humans exchange and edit memories, a young technician finds herself chasing the memory of her dreams, under the watchful eye of her employers.

Mari is a memory extractor for certified Memory vendor, Mnemotech. She’s depressed and tired of shuttling between her flat and the clinic, daily, and has recently handed in her resignation. Mari has no memory of how she started there but feels the absence of someone in her life. Mari wants the answers to her past.

June, leads a protest against Mnemotech. The company has been kidnapping people to make up its workforce. June has tracked Mari down and is determined to free her no matter the cost.

On the day of the protest, Mari’s first appointment insists on deleting all her memories. As Mari deletes them, she finds one of her manager hinting at a past family. Then, another memory, this time of herself. She’s unable to see more before the client urges its deletion but tells Mari she can retrieve the memory from the memory auction.

June leads her protestors to the clinic, June’s urgency terrifies mari and forces her to escape to the auction floor. Outside the auction house, Mari is greeted by Mr. Syne, the sinister and enigmatic owner of the company. He lets her know the memory she seeks is here and encourages Mari to bid.

Mari wonders the auction house halls, witnessing other bidders consume and revel in the previews of memories. The auction starts and Mari wins the memory she was chasing, to Mr. Syne’s delight. He ends the auction early due to the protests. Mari gets to her flat and sees the memory has been edited but induces it in hope it could still give her answers.

Five years later, a depressed Mari works in a new clinic, thanks to the edited memory. Mari’s new client is a worn out June with her protest days behind her. She is heartbroken to find Mari who has no recollection of her. June gives Mari the last memory of their time together. Mari decides to induce the memory and feels the passion and love June felt for her. Realising that her time with June is what she has been looking for all this time. Mari breaks down, but can she trust anyone using the deceptive technology?