Out of Time is a very personal film. It’s not only the first film I directed at college, it also contains a narrative that heavily mirrors my personal life. My freshman year of college was very strange, I spent a lot of time reflecting on high school, a period of my life which I knew I could never truly revisit. At the end of my freshman year I got really sick, which brought my semester to an abrupt end. One minute I was on campus, the next I wasn't. Under the piercing raindrops of the dawn, I abandoned a place I called home for many months. This was not an unfamiliar feeling, I missed out on a lot of closure through high school due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just a month later I returned to State College to visit some friends. During my stay I found myself wandering through campus in the thick of the night, revisiting the spaces which changed my life forever, and with them the memories they beckoned. I finally got to say goodbye to my dorm, my first home away from home. Now an empty, locked building there was nothing left there for me. It was time to move on to the next chapter of my life. Directing and writing Out of Time blessed me with the exceptional opportunity to harness these complex feelings.