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Fossilized

2026 · 12 min

A quiet, tender short that lingers on small moments of forgetting and remembering, leaving a soft ache.

Directed by
Nick Morton
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Bones Hold Memories
Overview
Linnie lives with her Nana in the unincorporated territory of Villegreen, Colorado - notable only for a nearby paleontological site. When Nana’s memory begins to fail, Linnie goes looking for evidence of the past.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Memory, family, aging, grief
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Nick Morton
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nick Morton
Written by
Nick Morton
Starring
Odette Jay, Florence Young, Karynn Berisie, Dalton O'Malley, Savannah Brassell, James Lammers
Cinematography
Lynden Joslin
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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