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Short film

The Island

2014 · 29 min

A quiet, uneasy wait that drifts into dread, leaving you unsettled by what is never said or shown.

Genres
Drama, Mystery
Overview
A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join them, but as the evening arrives and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and the family members wander away from the house separately, confronting the sea and an unspoken fear that slowly consumes them.
How it feels
Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Isolation, family, fate, loneliness
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour0
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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