Short film
Invention 13
2026 · 15 min
A short, chilly, claustrophobic spiral where a simple practice session curdles into something quietly unsettling and strange.
- Directed by
- Conor Oberst, Shawn Foree
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Starring
- Emory Cohen, Olivia Howard, Phoebe Bridgers
- Tagline
- Music is an exorcism...sometimes it won't come out
- Overview
- On a cold, windy night, a frustrated pianist encounters strange obstacles while trying to learn Bach's notoriously intricate Invention 13.
- How it feels
- Eerie, tense, melancholic and absurd. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, madness, art, isolation
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Conor Oberst, Shawn Foree
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Starring
- Emory Cohen, Olivia Howard, Phoebe Bridgers
