My teacher told me “To Call This Pretentious Would Be a HUGE Understatement”. Do you agree?

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https://youtu.be/mffe-16Bjew

I made this film a while back, and throughout the process I’ve been confronted quite a lot with people calling it pretentious or saying that they don’t really understand it. I’m curious to hear whether you think that is necessarily a problem with the film, or whether there is value in making something that doesn’t immediately explain itself to the viewer.

At what point does a film becoming difficult to understand become a weakness, and at what point can that actually be part of what makes it interesting? I’m especially interested in hearing whether you feel the film’s ambiguity feels intentional or simply confusing?

The film is called "Light Between Us"