Short film

Bottled Up
2025 · 12 min
A tender, quietly aching short that captures the flutter and fear of unspoken feelings surfacing between old friends.
- Directed by
- Erin Dalton
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Starring
- Nelia Bryant, Kelsi Beer, Nico Gabaldon
- Overview
- Eleanor returns home where she reunites with her childhood best friend, Camilla, who have both been away at college on opposite coasts. This reunion floods Eleanor with the feelings she has for Camilla, such as her appreciation of their friendship, but also the romantic feelings she’s been attempting to keep bottled up. When a game of spin the bottle ends up with them kissing, she’s left even more lost.
- How it feels
- Romantic, melancholic, warm and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Love, friendship, identity, sexuality
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Erin Dalton
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Starring
- Nelia Bryant, Kelsi Beer, Nico Gabaldon


