Short film

Nocturna

2021 · 27 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into a man's fragile mind, blurring dream and reality with quiet dread.

Tagline: Nothing good can come of this.
Overview: A man loses his grip on reality as he tries to uncover the meaning behind his strange recurring dreams.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, madness, family, isolation
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: identity
madness
family
isolation
memory
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Carl Coetzee, Zakir Zaidi
Written by: Carl Coetzee, Zakir Zaidi
Starring: Sam Sage, Laurie Hamfeldt Mahoney, Peri LeBlanc, Ben David-Carlson, Issac J. Conner, Matthew Terry, Alex Apgar
Music: Carl Coetzee
Cinematography: Zakir Zaidi
Runtime: 27 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English