Short film

Janus

2024 · 38 min

A slow, disorienting plunge into artistic obsession, where time and identity blur like wet paint.

Tagline: Does anyone give a FUCK?!?!
Overview: A painter and model journey through time and space in a 1989 Mercedes Benz 300E. Attempting to paint the perfect portrait, their relationship and reality is stretched to the limit.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, tense and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, art, identity, memory
Content: Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
art
identity
memory
madness
Places: road trip
single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: mystery
Directed by: Chris Paraskevas
Written by: Chris Paraskevas
Starring: Chris Paraskevas, Amy Jacobs, Tom Coyne, Angelo Bistolaridis, Saief Mubarek, Ryan Faherty
Cinematography: Sinclair Suhood
Runtime: 38 min
Country: Australia
Languages: English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish