Short film

All the Empty Rooms

2025 · 34 min

A quiet, sorrowful journey through preserved spaces, inviting reflection on loss and the lives once lived there.

Overview: A journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, bleak and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Grief, death, family, memory
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
death
family
memory
violence
Places: home
small town
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Joshua Seftel
Starring: Steve Hartman, Meryl Hartman, Bryan Muehlberger, Gloria Cazares, Javier Cazares, Lou Bopp
Cinematography: Matt Porwoll
Runtime: 34 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English