When a man fears he’s under surveillance, he takes drastic action in order to prevent a nervous breakdown.

Project Type: Short
Genres: Crime, Narrative, Thriller, Comedy, Humor
Runtime: 4 minutes 24 seconds
Completion Date: March 3, 2023

Screenings:

• Longleaf Film Festival, Raleigh, NC, 5.24

• Stranger Days Independent Film Festival, Charlotte, NC, 12.23

• Beaufort Film Festival, Beaufort, NC, 11.23

• FilmHaus (Semi-Finalist), Berlin, Germany, 10.23

• Transparent Film Festival (Finalist), New York, NY, 04.23

• American Golden Picture International Film Festival, Jacksonville, FL, 03.23

Inspiration: "Paranoid" is one in a series of films based on essays from an unpublished book titled Odd Man Out. Unlike the other two films in the series, which adhere a little more closely to the text, this short is only loosely based on the original work. While the essay details fears and anxiety related to surveillance, "Paranoid" takes that examination a bit further.

Chandler Vatavuk is THE NOID.