Never Alone

A film about twin sisters through illness, where the companion is revealed at the end never to have existed. It reframes the story as one about the loneliness of serious illness and puts the hospital forward as human presence rather than technology.

The brief

Patients living through serious illness, whose emotional isolation hospital advertising usually skips in favour of technology and outcomes.

The idea

A near-wordless film follows twin sisters, one guiding the other through illness, then reveals the companion never existed, recasting it as a study of loneliness the hospital answers with presence.

What to borrow

A late reveal can make the audience feel a patient's isolation first, so the promise of company lands with more weight.