Short film

Eaglehood

2022 · 29 min

A tense, unsettling coming-of-age story that traps you in a claustrophobic forest cult and makes you feel the pull between belonging and escape.

Tagline: To Ascend Is To Be Set Free
Overview: Kit and his two best friends have been raised by a forest-dwelling cult on the outskirts of society. As they come of age and are brought closer into the cult’s fold, Kit alone is bothered by the cruelty of its rituals. After stumbling upon a mother and her child where the forest meets the outside world, Kit must decide if he is truly safest in the life he has always known or if the world he has been taught to fear is worth abandoning his adoptive family.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, freedom, family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
freedom
family
coming-of-age
isolation
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none