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The Home

2026 · 8 min

A short, lighthearted scramble through oddball chaos, more silly than sad, with a gentle tug underneath.

Directed by
Maxwell Weidenfeld
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Maxwell Weidenfeld, Alison Martin, Gillian Jacobs
Tagline
I NEED TO GO HOME!
Overview
While on a school trip to a memory care facility a boy, Max, is paired with an elderly woman, Alice, who runs away. Max must navigate his way through all the absurd patients and bizarre things happening in this home with an end goal of finding the woman who just wants to get her real home.

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Directed by
Maxwell Weidenfeld
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Maxwell Weidenfeld, Alison Martin, Gillian Jacobs
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • aging
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • hospital
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Maxwell Weidenfeld
    Written by
    Maxwell Weidenfeld
    Starring
    Maxwell Weidenfeld, Alison Martin, Gillian Jacobs, Lionel Boyce, Philip Ursino, Carl Paul Ezold Jr., Clyde Kusatsu, Jennifer Sue Pagans
    Music
    Keegan DeWitt
    Cinematography
    Alex Huggins
    Runtime
    8 min

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