[CairoCinephile]

Cold open: Two people on opposite continents, sharing a bowl of noodles over video, laughing at the lag. That was me last year, after months of what felt like audition tapes on the big apps. Cut to: boundaries and timelines. We agreed to video within five days, define “serious” by week three, and sketch travel windows before the soundtrack swelled. Long-distance online connections survive when you edit ruthlessly—remove the filler, keep the beats that move story and trust forward. Roll credits after boundaries, not before.

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