When I made "The Next Skin", I wanted to explore identity as something unstable, shaped by trauma and desire. The story follows a teenager who returns to a mountain village years after disappearing, and whose true identity remains uncertain. I was interested in how grief and hope can blur perception—how a family might choose belief over doubt. The landscape becomes a psychological space, isolating and enigmatic. The film ultimately suggests that identity is not only about facts, but about the stories we need in order to survive, and that sometimes truth is less powerful than longing.