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Welcome

2015 · 17 min

A tense, quietly frustrating wait in an institutional limbo, where bureaucratic indifference grinds against personal hope.

Directed by
Serena Dykman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nick Adamson, Jandra Dee, Randall McNeal
Overview
Anna, a young Czech doctor, gets held up at US immigration after a humanitarian trip to Uganda, the day her boyfriend wants to propose to her.

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Directed by
Serena Dykman
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nick Adamson, Jandra Dee, Randall McNeal
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • isolation
  • love
  • justice
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Serena Dykman
Written by
Serena Dykman
Starring
Nick Adamson, Jandra Dee, Randall McNeal, E. George Perry, Debbie Troche
Runtime
17 min
Languages
English

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