Straight Circle

Opposing nations sharing a border separately celebrate a decade of non-violence and a commitment to maintaining peace — while their respective border patrolmen strictly adhere to their assigned mandates. Amidst philosophical differences in the execution of their roles at their desolate desert station, time, lines, and identities blur as the sun and psychosis blister their strained existence. Hudson’s engaging debut feature is a sharp political satire that calls attention to the absurdity and dull opacity of manufactured allegiances, in a prescient confrontation that ventures into the unfathomable. (Liane Cunje, Toronto Film Festival)