Ocularist illuminates the techniques used to create acrylic eyes and examines both the physical and psychological repercussions associated with the loss of an eye. The film received an honorable mention for short filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival - one of only eight films honored from more than 70 entries.
The short film and subsequent industry attention are now starting to focus the national spotlight on this specialized and unusual career, where ocularists must perform the extremely detailed task of matching a prosthetic eye to a real one or even creating an set of eyes from scratch.