In a world of hissing pipes, fluorescent light, and swarming shrimp, Theo finds solace in the quiet of a laboratory. A shrimp breeder with a vivid imagination, she prefers the company of animals to that of people. But when she and her colleagues rehearse speeches for an international conference about a violent technique that turns female shrimp into blind reproductive machines, her carefully constructed inner world begins to unravel. While caring for her sister’s child, Theo starts to question her own place within the surrounding systems.

Maturation Station is a feminist, absurdist short film about the fluid boundary between work and private life, care and reproduction.