Short film

Unburied

2018 · 25 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into grief and memory, where theatre and ritual blur the line between haunting and breakdown.

Overview: When her estranged father dies suddenly, artistic director Egle begins to hear voices who prophesy her father’s return. Fearing for her life, Egle solicits the help of an actress friend from the theatre, and through role-play and ritual they are drawn deeper and deeper into the torments of Egle’s past.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, trauma, identity, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
trauma
identity
isolation
madness
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none