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In Orbit

2020 · 6 min

A quiet, haunting six minutes in deep space, heavy with unspoken grief and the cold weight of memory.

Directed by: Justin Polley, Meton Joffily
Genres: Animation, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Liya Han, Germaine Colajanni, Tom Morton

Overview: The future, the space. Sonia is about to be transferred from her station to a newer one. Although everything seems to be going well, Sonia's mind is actually elsewhere, haunted by tragic events from the not too distant past.

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Directed by: Justin Polley, Meton Joffily
Genres: Animation, Drama, Science fiction
Starring: Liya Han, Germaine Colajanni, Tom Morton

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: grief
guilt
isolation
memory
love
Places: space
Era: far-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: animation, drama, science fiction
Directed by: Justin Polley, Meton Joffily, Hanxu Chen, Soham Chakraborty
Starring: Liya Han, Germaine Colajanni, Tom Morton, Marthinus van Rooyen, Julia Trouvé
Music: Nathan Otaño, Arthur Dairaine
Runtime: 6 min
Country: France
Languages: English

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