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Dreams from the Woods

2009 · 8 min

A quiet, handmade shadow-play that drifts between tenderness and sorrow, asking for patience and rewarding it with a soft ache.

Directed by
Johannes Nyholm
Genres
Drama, Animation, Romance
Overview
A shadow play about love and sorrow, featuring a girl, her bird friend and Death.

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Directed by
Johannes Nyholm
Genres
Drama, Animation, Romance
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • death
    • grief
    • isolation
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    • single location
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism2
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, animation, romance
    Directed by
    Johannes Nyholm
    Written by
    Johannes Nyholm
    Runtime
    8 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    No Language

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