Short film
The Unburdened
2025 · 13 min
A quiet, reflective short that unfolds gently, asking you to sit with uncomfortable inheritances and the small, contradictory ways people carry them.
- Directed by
- Arnon Z. Shorr
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Elana Safar, Elisabeth Ness, Eve Austin
- Overview
- When a busy mother is summoned by her childhood friend to save their buried time capsule, unearthing its contents reveals more about their friendship - and heritage - than either of them expected. In following Shayna's journey, the film explores the layered subjectivity of multi-generational trauma, and the sometimes contradictory ways people cope with it.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Memory, trauma, friendship, identity
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Arnon Z. Shorr
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Elana Safar, Elisabeth Ness, Eve Austin
