Filmmaker Statement

IBLIS IS HUMANITY. Everyone has baggage. Everyone has made mistakes. But why does it have to take life or death scenarios in order for us to make a change? This simple question has haunted me my entire life. In every single book, TV show, and movie I have ever heard of, people only seem to be able to grow from extreme hardship or turmoil. Today’s society is filled with uncertainty regarding communication. But what if you actually could change your mistakes and what if anyone could do it? Welcome to the Bliss of IBLIS. In our rapidly deteriorating, capitalistic, consumer culture, people will do anything to get a quick buck but they will also spend a quick buck if it means making their daily life a little easier. I can’t tell you how many times I have been in a situation where I’ve said the wrong thing to somebody I truly love. Regret might be the one thing motivating me more than anything in my life. It seems like today people are scared so much of everything that they will put th