Short film
Desert Ed
2026 · 11 min
A quiet, reflective portrait that drifts like the desert itself, inviting you to sit with a solitary man's memories and slow reinvention.
- Directed by
- Bryan Taira, Christian Hurley
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Ed Robinson
- Overview
- After the passing of his longtime teammate on the reality TV Show Battlebots, robot engineer Edward Robinson moves out to the desert, where he reflects on his career and adapts a new hermetic lifestyle.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, isolation, identity, healing
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Bryan Taira, Christian Hurley
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Ed Robinson