Short film

Babel

2025 · 11 min

A tight, quietly anxious short that puts you inside a mother's impossible moral squeeze, heavy with bureaucratic dread and empathy.

Overview: In Chinatown, a woman wrestles with the immigration system to bring her 5-year-old daughter to the US. When a neighbor’s undocumented status threatens her case, she must decide if saving one family is worth sacrificing another.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Immigration, family, morality, isolation
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: immigration
family
morality
isolation
justice
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none