“Spellbinding visuals”
—Dazed and Confused

“Combining clever ideas with a deep current of emotional honesty, this is an unusual and powerful film.”
—Eye for Film

“THE MISSING is a unique film that takes a bold approach to certain ideas, developing not only on its thematic content but on the very nature of filmmaking itself.”
—International Cinephile Society

Eric can’t speak of the things that have happened to him. A mute, gay animator, he quite literally has no mouth. But the strange goings-on — space aliens, missing eyeballs, and otherworldly entities — soon force him to confront the silence. Recalling the work of Gregg Araki, Carl Joseph Papa has utilized a startling mix of rotoscoped and hand-drawn animation to craft a captivating exploration of trauma and the secrets we keep.