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One afternoon Dan is brutally jumped and accosted by a Gang in his neighborhood. Angel, the leader of Dans crew demands that he murder his punisher and thus earn his official "membership" into the crew: a teardrop tattoo under his eye. Dan stands at the most important crossroads in his life. Will he go through with the killing to become a member, or back out and risk standing alone? We see the film through Dans eyes and know what he experiences, but do we know who Dan is?—Damian John Harper

Director Damian John Harper uses a hand-held camera as the eyes of his silent protagonists in 2011's most gut-wrenching short film. The cameras lingering eye contact with the characters is almost more disturbing than the story's graphic violence. »Teardrop« is raw, realistic and beautiful. The malaise of the last scene is guaranteed to stay with the spectator long after the film's 14 minutes are over.—-22nd Stockholm International Film Festival, 2011