Short film

Workload

2025 · 26 min

A quiet, wordless meditation on work and emptiness, slow and contemplative, asking you to sit with faces and silences rather than follow a story.

Overview: Three quiet workers journey through empty everyday paths towards the crossroads of life. A story about faces without dialogue. People who are disturbed by the emptiness of work. How does work become meaningful and a reflection of its creator?
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Work, isolation, identity, loneliness
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
isolation
identity
loneliness
morality
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none