Short film

Pale Sun

2025 · 16 min

A quiet, sunlit short that sits with a boy's shame and a father's illness, tender and uncomfortable.

Overview: On a beach, in summer, 12-year-old Abel is ashamed of his father's body, which is ravaged by cancer.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, identity, parenthood
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
parenthood
trauma
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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