Plot

Perception can be a dangerous thing... Commander Olson, tormented by the demons of his military past, is the sole witness to an apparently motiveless suicide. The resulting insomnia adds to the Commander's already increasing sense of paranoia. Olson is forced to accept treatment from a mysterious civilian doctor named Gottlieb. However, Commander Olson is unaware that his treatment is being overseen by a shadowy figure known only as "Helms". Olson's hold on reality is soon to be shattered, resulting in a shocking and violent confrontation. Z.A.F. is the debut film from writer and director Michael Fausti. As a conscious rejection of today's technology obsessed movies, Fausti chose to shoot his film entirely on a consumer camcorder, thereby favouring narrative and character over digital spectacle. This lo-fi horror-noir received its world premier in October 2015 at Mexico's prestigious 'Postmortem International Horror & Bizarre Film Festival'.

Wing Commander Olson is a man seeking to escape the nightmares of a violent military past. Olsons grasp on sanity is soon to be tested when he is the sole witness to the apparent suicide of a Corporal named Turner. Before Turner pulls the trigger on his service weapon he addresses Olson with the cryptic words, A moment of clarity. Suffering from insomnia and an increasing sense of paranoia, Olson is ordered to see a mysterious civilian Doctor, named Gottlieb. Forced to accept treatment from the Doctor, Olson is unaware that he is in fact to become involved in a deadly chain of events, overseen by a shadowy figure known only as Helms. So begins Wing Commander Olsons descent into a world of violence and psychosis that will culminate in a bloody and disturbing conclusion.