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The Call of Mist

1998 · 10 min

A haunting, contemplative short that unfolds like a dream, asking you to sit with its eerie images and ideas long after it ends.

Directed by
John Akomfrah
Overview
A vivid meditation on cloning, death, memory and media set on an remote Scottish island. A short film on the millennium’s end commissioned by BBC TV.
How it feels
Eerie, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, death, identity, isolation
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
John Akomfrah
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Directed by
John Akomfrah
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America

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