Short film

Little Footsteps

2025 · 12 min

A short, uneasy holiday gathering where polite conversation curdles into quiet discomfort and family tensions simmer beneath forced cheer.

Tagline: The holidays are hard. Family's harder.
Overview: A young woman invites an unsettling guest to her family's Christmas Eve party.
How it feels: Tense, dark, melancholic and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, class, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
class
identity
deception
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none