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Seniors

2026 · 12 min

A short, quietly uneasy slice of life where a hopeful campus visit keeps snagging on the cracks opening up back home.

Directed by: Adam Curley
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Brooke Bloom, Noah Pacht, Matt Walton

Overview: A high school senior goes on his first college campus tour the day his parents’ marriage begins to fracture.

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Directed by: Adam Curley
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Brooke Bloom, Noah Pacht, Matt Walton

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
coming-of-age
identity
betrayal
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Adam Curley
Written by: Adam Curley
Starring: Brooke Bloom, Noah Pacht, Matt Walton, Dan Thompson, Kelsey Peterjohn
Cinematography: Conor Murphy
Runtime: 12 min
Country: United States of America

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