Fed quotes from Eastern scriptures, we know that the mind craves stillness, and yet it is the familiar pursuit of thoughts that gives it security. A remarkable discovery, the South Korean film Empty will transport our minds to this unsettling state. Tsai Ming-liang's meditative Journey to the West, with Lee Kang-sheng taking tiny steps on the streets of Paris, feels like an action film compared to Kil Minhyeong’s film. In this dialogue-free film composed of a dozen static shots, an anonymous figure dressed in black freezes motionless in empty urban spaces. We observe it in moments of stillness extended to the limits of perception, becoming witnesses to a slow process of self-destruction. Evoking associations with Process by C.S. Leigh (a legend of the 5th NH Competition), this uncompromising experiment explores the margins of the cinematic medium, beyond which lie only the works of James Benning and Sharon Lockhart. This is perhaps the most radical "Lost" film, not only of this festival edition but of all the previous ones.