Mynxii White explores the architecture of isolation
In Chromista director and photographer Mynxii White’s Caesura, a man drifts through endless silence alone in a sprawling, desolate manor.
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In Chromista director and photographer Mynxii White’s Caesura, a man drifts through endless silence alone in a sprawling, desolate manor.
Whether exiled there by choice or force remains unclear–even to him. As isolation deepens, the boundaries between imagination and reality blur. Whispers in the walls, shifting shadows, and the oppressive weight of stillness suggest the manor itself may be stirring… or perhaps unraveling from within.
The film has won White Best Director at New York Shorts Awards (2025), an Honorable Mention at Hollywood Shortsfest (2025), and Official Selection at The Women’s Independent Film & Television Festival (2025).
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- Production Company Chromista
- Director Mynxii White
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Credits
View on- Production Company Chromista
- Director Mynxii White
- DP Michael Martin
- Executive Producer Brad Simpson
- Producer Nicole Johnson
- Executive Producer/Writer James Kristofik
- Producer Douglas VanLaningham
- Producer Rob Tirrell
- Producer Mary-Irene Marek
- Producer Jack Devanna
- Producer Ramon Diaz
- Producer Javier Salazar
- Associate Producer Jason Grimm
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Credits
powered by- Production Company Chromista
- Director Mynxii White
- DP Michael Martin
- Executive Producer Brad Simpson
- Producer Nicole Johnson
- Executive Producer/Writer James Kristofik
- Producer Douglas VanLaningham
- Producer Rob Tirrell
- Producer Mary-Irene Marek
- Producer Jack Devanna
- Producer Ramon Diaz
- Producer Javier Salazar
- Associate Producer Jason Grimm
White on the film: "Caesura explores the architecture of isolation- the way silence can expand until it becomes a presence of its own. I wanted to create a world that feels suspended between consciousness and decay, where time stretches and identity begins to blur. The manor is not a location so much as a mind unraveling; its shifting corridors mirror the quiet deterioration of memory, and the weight of solitude becomes almost sentient.
The film was conceived as an emotional landscape rather than a narrative one, an attempt to capture the stillness between thought and collapse. Every frame functions as a breath held too long, every sound a reminder that silence has a pulse.
Shot concurrently with the Leica SL3S campaign, Caesura was built around the camera’s ability to render light as texture, allowing darkness to feel alive, almost predatory. The process became an exercise in surrender, letting the space, the shadows, and the subject dictate what surfaced.
Ultimately, Caesura is about the moment when solitude stops being peaceful and starts becoming a haunting. It’s a meditation on stasis, absence, and the quiet violence of waiting."
