Short film

Sugar

2025 · 14 min

A taut, intimate scramble through panic and devotion, leaving you breathless and quietly heartbroken in its brief running time.

Overview: A young couple's love is tested by the weight of illness and their own limitations. When Marius, who lives in denial of his diabetes, suffers a life-threatening hypoglycemic episode, Ina embarks on a frantic search for glucose.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Love, survival, isolation, trauma
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
survival
isolation
trauma
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none