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Imaginary Enemy

2025 · 20 min

A quiet, probing conversation that slowly unsettles as buried tensions surface.

Directed by: Alex Geretz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nathaniel Smith, Jazzy Dong, Faraz Merchant

Overview: A shy photographer agrees to one final interview. But as the questions dig deeper, fractures between the past and present begin to surface.

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Directed by: Alex Geretz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Nathaniel Smith, Jazzy Dong, Faraz Merchant

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
identity
isolation
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Alex Geretz
Written by: Alex Geretz
Starring: Nathaniel Smith, Jazzy Dong, Faraz Merchant
Runtime: 20 min
Country: United States of America

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