Finalist · Short · Narrative

The Spot

Mohamed Anaanaa · Morocco

A secret place inside a public high school embraces students’ freedom and an indirect bond between admirers, serving also as a private passage for the other. Once exposed to the administration, surveillance cameras are installed and everyone abandons it. Later, the walls are repainted and the writings erased, so the memories of the place vanish and its trace dies as if it had never existed.