I wanted to collide two cultures that share a relationship with extreme light — the Sámi who live with polar darkness and the Venetians who built a city to catch every reflection. Eira exists where those traditions merge: someone who reads aurora like a text and writes coordinates in phosphorescent ink. The time-cartographer archetype felt right for Cannes because cinema IS time-cartography — capturing moments, mapping narratives. Her smile is the key: she's not burdened by cosmic knowledge, she's delighted by it. — Mira