Jupiter Original · Science-fiction drama · 2026
Before the
Blue Light
At a quiet lakeshore, 82-year-old Iris is offered the chance to return to a perfect day from her past. Her answer becomes a choice between memory and the uncertain future.
International festival circuit · 2026
The film / 01
A perfect memory, an imperfect future, one choice
Iris sits alone beside a mountain lake while an unseen intelligence reconstructs the smallest details of a day she once loved: a yellow kitchen, burnt toast and a sleeping child. When she is offered the chance to remain inside that memory, the film turns toward a quieter question—whether a life is defined by what was perfect, or by the courage to continue.
Production / 02
A restrained performance held across two realities
The visual language was built around stillness, precise eyelines and small changes in Iris’s expression. Lakeshore light, wardrobe and character identity were maintained across a quiet dialogue before the story moves into a stark recovery chamber—joining two spaces through performance rather than spectacle.
- Runtime
- 05:42
- Genre
- Science-fiction drama
- Format
- 16:9 · 24 fps
- Language
- English
- Written & directed by
- Farbod Namvar Azad
- Produced by
- Shima Ryan
- Production
- Jupiter Studios
Director’s note / 03
The future matters because it cannot be replayed
Before the Blue Light treats artificial intelligence as an intimate dramatic presence rather than a spectacle. Its central conflict is human: the temptation to exchange uncertainty for a flawless memory, and the courage required to choose what has not happened yet.
Screenings & collaboration
Istanbul · Working internationally