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Mobile

2018 · 10 min

A quiet, anxious short that keeps you close to a lone teenager's phone call, cold streets and heavy distance pressing in.

Overview
Walid (17) has fled from Syria to the Arctic Circle. As his family is stuck in the Balkans, on the border of the EU, Walid has to help them cross it, over the phone, from the streets of a northern Norwegian fishing village.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • sea
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
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Truls Krane Meby
Written by
Truls Krane Meby, Benjamin Loeb
Music
Nicholas Sillitoe
Cinematography
Benjamin Loeb
Runtime
10 min
Country
Norway
Languages
Arabic, Norwegian

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