`Filter, by Ronnie Allman

The hardest part of life is living. Filter is a story about a couple who struggles to survive in a world that has changed them forever. Ronnie [Allman] hails from the Lone Star State and 'Filter' is his first short film. He currently works in the creative industry in San Francisco and is always looking for new ways to bring his ideas to life.

Something is toxic in the air and in the water, and it's a madcap yet mournful world out there.  The gas masks make for an alien monstrosity, yet not so, because we know these are just common people wearing them.  Maybe this couple lost their eight-year old daughter, Emily, and now in their bereavement, everything and everyone look alien, including each other.