“Sonder” is the profound realisation that each person you meet is living their own life, with their own personal worries, pains, pleasures, ambitions the same as you, in a sense, but also as intricate and as different as could be imagined.

It brings forth the idea that there are millions of stories happening all at once, around each other, oblivious and contained from one another. Sonder opens our eyes to what we can’t see that there is so much more to each of us than meets the eye. It grants us the chance for connection with others in a way that truly allows us to feel and empathise. And when we begin to experience it and eventually live with it, we begin to see others the way we want to be seen.

Each whispered story, each silent sigh, becomes a melody that resonates within us, teaching us the symphony of human existence. It is then that we discover the beauty of our shared humanity, forging bonds of love that transcend the boundaries of time and space.

Featuring Daniel Emuna (  / daniel.emuna  )
Filmed in New York, USA.

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Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

The following music tracks are used in this film :
Feather by Lovren (via Epidemic Sound)
Fractions of Light by Rebecca Mardal, Hanna Lindgren (via Epidemic Sound)
Perpetual Stir by Dear Gravity (via ArtList)
Pappa by mee (via ArtList)
Gravity by Abstract Aprils (via Audiio)
Palma by Blurstem (via Audiiio)
The Crimson Tide by Calm Shores (via Epidemic Sound)

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Albanian by Denis Skendaj
Arabic by Frihat Oussama
Bengali by Zeba Sajida Saraf
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) by ShunYing Lu
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Czech by Katarína Božek
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Korean by Hotae Devin Noh
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian by Anca Zaharia
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish by Paty Aguirre
Ukrainian by Sofia Bespalova
Vietnamese by Thi Le