Short film
Dust
2026 · 22 min
A quiet, contemplative short that watches a child encounter mortality through the natural world, asking patience and rewarding it with gentle melancholy.
- Directed by
- Isaac Lounsbury
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Carl Hutchings, Michael Bagley, Mia Bagley
- Tagline
- Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return
- Overview
- Sam's curiosity about life and death deepens on a family backpacking trip, where we see nature, loss, and the cycle of existence through the lens of a six-year-old child.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Death, family, nature, grief
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Isaac Lounsbury
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Carl Hutchings, Michael Bagley, Mia Bagley
