Short film

Otava

2021 · 15 min

A quiet, aching short that drifts between memory and the hard texture of farm life, leaving you with a heavy, lingering sadness.

Tagline: How empty the world is without Her
Overview: An adolescent girl tries to dream about memories of Mother while having to be physically present in the surrounding farm with grandmother.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, family, isolation, memory
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
family
isolation
memory
parenthood
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none