The Track of The Eyelids

"I didn't choose to have this feeling... I loved him insanely, but he didn't even know I existed... or so I thought."

A novella with a movie/screenplay style.

Based on a true story:
Maria and Ahmed, two neurodivergent Egyptian-American teens, create a vague bond based on eye gaze and conflicted feelings. When they start to feel admiration, their perception keeps distorting. While Ahmed struggles with his ADHD-related emotional outbursts, nightmares, and impulsive decisions, Maria stays lost in the question: is their connection ever real or just a projection of her love needs? They struggle to understand: is their love a delusion or truth?

The Track of The Eyelids has been produced as a short feature film with AI and has been selected for:

1) Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions Film Festival 2024.
2) Lift-Off First Time Filmmaker Sessions Film Festival 2025.

Theme songs have been produced for the story which can be found online.

Trigger warning: there is mild violence and drug content.