Director Léo Cannone reveals invisible forces and surreal landscapes in an experimental short film between reality and imagination.
In his experimental short film The Hidden Tremor, French director Léo Cannone embarks on a meditative, sensorial journey across Southeast Asia. Spending several months traveling through Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, he captured the landscapes and atmospheres of the region with a clear intention: to bring hidden magic to the surface.
From dense forests and quiet villages to limestone coasts and sprawling river deltas, Cannone explores the invisible forces of nature. Using subtle AI-assisted editing, he unveils movements, shapes and energies that usually remain unnoticed. His goal was not to invent, but to draw out what was already present – energies caught by the camera but often missed by the human eye.
“The Hidden Tremor asks what might be revealed if we slow down, stay still, and allow the world to speak. My goal was never to invent what was not there, but to draw out the shapes, movements, or energies I felt on location,” Cannone explains.
By merging a naturalistic way of filming with fantastical visions, Cannone weaves magical realism seamlessly into real-world environments. The Hidden Tremor becomes a poetic invitation to sense invisible connections and energies that linger at the edge of perception.
