every day he hears the same voices.

you're a terrible person.

why do i hate myself?

i want to love myself.

stop it.

a short film by hal whitman

// the film

An anxious young man’s day keeps repeating. However, he is unaware that his brain triggers a montage of repeating self-help madness.

stop it.   a short film   2026   11 min

// cast

Ali Galvin, Mary Holland, Thomas Long, Claire Smith, Jessica Wang, Hal Whitman

// note

Every line on a frame below sits in the cell that frame's own light allows, and the measured contrast is printed beside it. No scrims and no gradients are laid over the photography.

A man sitting on the edge of a bed with his head in his hands.

he is not alone in there

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A man lying awake in bed, a bottle in the foreground.

the voice keeps its own hours

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