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Short film

Joy

2008 · 9 min

A quiet, unsettling procedural mood piece that lingers on uncertainty and dread rather than action.

Overview
A police officer, coordinating the reconstruction of the last known movements of a young girl who has gone missing, speculates on what might have happened to her.
How it feels
Tense, melancholic, eerie and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, mystery, isolation, obsession
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
Runtime
9 min
Country
United States of America

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