Short film

Chasing Peanuts

8 min

A tense, gritty slice of life that follows a desperate woman through a single harrowing day, leaving you anxious and moved.

Tagline: Silvia needs money, and she needs it bad
Overview: In one day on the gritty streets of Los Angeles, a drug addict mother scrambles for a way out of her quickly impending doom, which inevitably forces her to either confront her painful past or meet her fate.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, survival, grief, isolation
Content: Strong language. Mild violence. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: addiction
survival
grief
isolation
redemption
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Benjamin Tinsley
Written by: Wednesday Peck
Starring: Amy Copsey, Jeremy Boucher, Josiah Dermody, Casey Peterson, William Sibley, Pamela Walls, Shashvath Rethinam, Mikael Rossi
Cinematography: Andrew Lee
Runtime: 8 min
Country: United States of America