Short film

Kill Road

2003 · 14 min

A strange, pixelated little film that feels like a darkly funny and sad memory of growing up in a family that never quite made sense.

Directed by: Christina Zeidler
Genres: Drama, Animation
Starring: Ali Soles, Deirdre Logue, Allyson Mitchell

Overview: Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate road-kill victim.

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Directed by: Christina Zeidler
Genres: Drama, Animation
Starring: Ali Soles, Deirdre Logue, Allyson Mitchell

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
grief
identity
survival
Places: home
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	4
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, animation
Directed by: Christina Zeidler
Written by: Christina Zeidler, Deirdre Logue
Starring: Ali Soles, Deirdre Logue, Allyson Mitchell, Lex Vaughn
Music: Chip Yapwood, Celina Carroll
Cinematography: Christina Zeidler
Runtime: 14 min
Country: Canada

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