The Film

A personal search becomes

a larger reckoning.

Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is a feature documentary about the search for a former Navy shipmate who disappeared from contact after leaving Active Duty — and the larger disappearance many Veterans face when the structure, identity, and belonging of military life are gone.

The project is now in active production, with original interviews, aerial footage, and field material. The next phase is focused on deepening the story and building the work toward the completed feature.

A view from inside a car on an open highway at dusk, with a darkening sky and distant headlights of other vehicles.

I’m looking for Tyler Harding.

We served together. We knew each other in the structured world of the Navy — a world where identity was issued, reinforced, and understood.

After Active Duty, Harding disappeared from contact.

How many Veterans are still here — but no longer feel belonging?

Person holding a smartphone displaying three individuals standing in front of an American flag.

Veterans do not just leave the military.

They leave a version of themselves.

Service can become identity.

Rank tells you where you stand.
Mission tells you why you matter.
Command tells you where you belong.

Separation can remove all three at once.

For many Veterans, the hardest part is not finding a job.
It is finding a self.

What the film

explores

Flowchart illustrating issues faced by military veterans, including mental health concerns, identity loss, addiction, homelessness, and trauma, with pathways for self-recovery and the importance of seeking help.
A man in camouflage military uniform walking on a sandy beach near the ocean under a partly cloudy sky.

Tone & Style

Cinematic. Intimate. Unresolved.

The film blends first-person documentary, personal investigation, participant-led interviews, archival material, observational scenes, and reflective narration.

The camera stays close to silence: pauses, empty rooms, unread messages, old memories, and places where people once belonged.

…a slow-burning RECKONING...

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film forward

Your gift supports the filming, research, editing, and production work that will bring Finding Harding: Lost at Shore to the screen. Make a tax-deductible contribution through IDA.

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Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is a fiscally sponsored project of the International Documentary Association (IDA), 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization. Contributions in support of Finding Harding: Lost at Shore are payable to IDA and are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Finding Harding: Lost at Shore is independently produced and is not produced, owned, or editorially controlled by IDA.