Things we left Behind

At 24, Braden returns to Ashford after spending years chasing a career in filmmaking. What started as a dream has become a series of dead-end jobs, unfinished projects, and growing self-doubt. When his latest project falls apart, he reluctantly returns home to regroup, planning to stay only a few weeks. Instead, he finds a town that has changed without him—and people who haven’t forgotten the way he left.