How to Say Goodbye

After their break-up, Mia has to return to her ex-girlfriend’s apartment. This is going to be their very last moment together, before they say goodbye.

Starring : Eleanore Pienta & Stella Baker
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Written & directed by Thibaut Buccellato
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Producer : Thibaut Buccellato
Co-producer : Clément Caradec
Line producer : W. Ian Ross
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Director of Photography : Evan Burris Trout
Focus Puller : Peter Westervelt
Loader : Gabriel Contreras
Sound : Mark Castillo
Wardrobe : Valerie Brody
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Editor : Morgane Alcaraz
Sound editing & re-recording mixer : Loic Canevet (Benzene)
Colorist : Sofie Friis Borup (Company 3)
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Music : Epilog
Written and performed by Shida Shahabi
Licensed courtesy of Fatcat records
Published by Redbird Music
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Shot on 35mm Kodak Film
Developping by : Metropolis Post
Camera provided by : TCS
Editing studio : Mc Murphy
Color grading studio : Company 3
Sound mix studio : Benzene
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The director wishes to thank :
Madia Hill Scott, Valerie Brody, Clément Caradec, W. Ian Ross, Mika Altskan, Emily Kordovich, Spencer Staats, Mitch Mason, Catherine Barnes, Emily Herrmann, Shida Shahabi, Jenna Van Uden, Tim Husom, Dave Howell, Hassan Rodriguez, Katya Mokolo, Sacha Freeman, Alice Duchêne, Sébastien Gros, Thomas Papille, Killian Adams, Zoé Sassier, Amélie Heaume, Clémentine Colombani, Tracy Ngyen, Gregg Dallesandro, Julia Oberlinkels
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Thibaut Buccellato © – 2023

In 2023, after going through a break-up, I felt the need to process it through storytelling. That’s how this film was born. I wanted to capture something universal yet deeply personal—the last fleeting moments between two people who once shared everything, and who now have to let each other go. The film focuses on the final ten minutes of a couple’s relationship, that delicate space between closeness and separation, where love still lingers even as goodbye becomes inevitable.
The story follows Mia, who must return to her ex-girlfriend’s apartment one last time. What unfolds is a quiet, intimate portrait of two people confronting the end of their connection. It’s simple, emotional, and, I hope, deeply relatable to anyone who has ever faced the silence after love.