Short film

Self Portrait

2025 · 12 min

A quiet, inward short that lingers on self-doubt and creative frustration, asking patience as it blurs the line between perception and reality.

Tagline: You're Your Own Worst Critic
Overview: When an artist's work is destroyed, she struggles to come to terms with her perceptions of herself as a painter.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, art, obsession, grief
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
art
obsession
grief
isolation
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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