LOGLINE: Told through a letter from a father to his daughter, Always In Sight is a quiet reflection on memory, distance, and what it means to be seen. Using only public domain footage, the film explores grief and connection through the eyes of someone trying to make sense of the world and their place in it.
BEHIND THE SCENES
This project came together during Niccola's freshman year at Boston University. It was during the covid pandemic, so classes were online and there were no means of production. That's where the idea of making a movie out of public domain footage came from. Using some civil rights protest and astronaut material, Maximilian wrote a monologue while Niccola directed and edited, crafting a narrative that weaved that content together into a powerful story. This film started with a pile of old, public domain footage and turned into something really personal.
Always In Sight is about trying to hold onto something—or someone—you’ve lost. It’s about the space between people, the things we feel but can’t always explain, and the hope that love still reaches across that distance. Like the light from a dead star, some things stay with us, even when they’re gone.
