Short film

Rapids

10 min

A quiet, haunting short that lingers in grainy footage and raw sorrow, asking patience as it slowly uncovers a child's desperate search for meaning.

Overview: In mid-2000s rural Pennsylvania, a grieving teen sifts through his mother’s MiniDV footage for evidence of the pollution he believes killed her, while his younger sister drifts into a strange, feral grief.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, environment, family, memory
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 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: grief
environment
family
memory
isolation
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: found footage
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none