In Hong Kong, Jessie Andrews unlocks desire and illusion as two strangers meet over shared birthdays

Writer-director Jessie Andrews explores longing, identity, sexuality, and the human desire to escape your own inner world for the poetic short film Lost in Air. Set against the restless energy of Hong Kong, a withdrawn young man, Teo, drifts through a life that feels increasingly suffocating, marking his birthday chasing brief helium-induced highs.