A man returns to places and memories that slowly begin to form a story about choice. Voices of loved ones, images of the mountains, and fragments of everyday spaces intertwine, creating a suspended state between what has already happened and what is still to come.

“KARMA” is a reflective story about a moment of transition — the instant when life quietly turns in an unexpected direction.

Director Statement

I did not begin my path in cinema.

For many years my world was the mountains.

Climbing big walls and remote peaks taught me something that no school can offer — patience, humility and the understanding that some decisions change everything. In the mountains there is always a moment when a person stands between continuing forward and turning back. A moment when the outside world becomes quiet and only the weight of one decision remains.

Over the years I began to realise that these moments exist not only in the mountains but also in life.

My book Tato was the first attempt to speak about these experiences. Writing allowed me to revisit memories, relationships and events that shaped my life. Cinema became a natural continuation of that search — another way of observing silence, memory and the fragile space between what has happened and what is yet to come.

“KARMA” grew from these reflections.

The film is inspired by real stories, experiences and emotions gathered over years of climbing and living. It is not a literal reconstruction of events, but rather an attempt to capture a state — the moment when a person stands between past and future, between doubt and decision.

As a filmmaker I am still at the beginning of my journey. I approach cinema with the same respect and discipline that the mountains demanded from me. Step by step I am learning to build my own visual language.

For me filmmaking is not about explaining everything. It is about creating space for reflection — a moment where the viewer can pause and recognise something of their own experience.

“KARMA” is part of this path.

It is a film about transition, about the invisible weight of choices, and about the fragile moment when life quietly changes direction.