Short film

Hypnophrenia

2001 · 20 min

A disorienting, dreamlike descent that unsettles more than it explains, asking you to piece together a fractured mind.

Overview: A man, in a deep state of psychosis, wanders through a series of disturbing vignettes uncovering a personal reality.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and bleak. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, identity, isolation, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
identity
isolation
memory
obsession
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Directed by: Jesus Antonio Rivera
Written by: Jesus Antonio Rivera
Starring: Mark Borders, Amy Goodwin, Mike O'Connor, Michael Harper, David Webster, Mike Abney, Jesus Antonio Rivera, Savannah Willis
Runtime: 20 min
Country: United States of America