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Close Encounter

2025 · 13 min

A gentle, hopeful little road-trip story that trades spectacle for a quiet father-daughter thaw and a sense of wonder.

Directed by
Jeph Porter
Genres
Science fiction
Tagline
Are we alone in the universe?
Overview
A skeptical teenage girl, Riley, reluctantly joins her UFO-obsessed father, Jerry, on a road trip to a UFO convention, only to experience an otherworldly encounter that brings them closer together.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Family, parenthood, identity, faith
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Jeph Porter
Genres
Science fiction
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
science fiction
Directed by
Jeph Porter
Written by
Jeph Porter, Mikey Chastain
Starring
Allison Carmody, Dale Dobson, Alison Banowsky
Runtime
13 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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