When I Return is an expression of the experience of putting energy and effort into the wrong places or people. The film expresses the drainage of energy, the feeling of morphing, changing into someone you don’t recognise in the pursuit of what you think want. The visual representation I have chosen, such as the shapes, the light and darkness are motifs that have appeared in my work when I express these emotions in a raw manner. Inspired by the surrealists, I have decided to incorporate these elements to connect the work with my subconscious experience of these emotions. Rather than a traditional narrative expression, I have decided to go for a more visceral, more metaphorical representation of the experience. This is an expression of what the past few years of my life has felt like. i hope you enjoy it!