Dear Santa

Dear Santa was the final short film Caleb Anaya made in high school. Originally a failed experimental film, it laid on the back burner for over 6 months until it was later picked up down the line and was filmed and aired on the Season 29 finale of Diablo Heat. Dear Santa is a visual experience that puts the audience in a trance, this is to simulate the feeling of dementia for the audience, and is made more consumable through the story of Warren Reyes. Warren Reyes is an old man who suffers from severe cognitive dysfunction and memory loss due to late stage dementia. The film covers the final hour of Warren Reyes as he sits in his Christmas decorated living room. He flips through pages of a memory book, in an attempt to hold on to the grip on reality he has left by examining the photos, of which the audience struggles to fully make out.