The Burden of Seeing is a short horror film written by Iris Jacobs and Jonathan Herzberg, directed by Jonathan Herzberg, and produced by Studio Iris Jacobs.
Created in just 66.6 hours for the horror challenge organised by Bigoli Studios, the film emerged through urgency, intuition, and a team willing to trust atmosphere as much as story.
Part nightmare, part omen, part ritual, The Burden of Seeing moves through dread, image, and sensation. It is a film about what happens when vision becomes weight, when presence becomes haunting, and when the unseen insists on taking form.
Starring Olivier Barrette, Iris Jacobs, and Matías Santiago Reyero, the film carries the rough electricity of challenge-making: sleepless, concentrated, alive, and strangely luminous.
A horror challenge film, yes — but also a reminder that creative pressure can open a portal, and that every film teaches the next one how to arrive.
