Short film

Heritage Day

2023 · 20 min

A wry, increasingly uneasy short that turns a school costume exercise into an uncomfortable dive into inherited trauma, funny and prickly at once.

Overview: After Evie dresses up like her estranged grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, on “Heritage Day” at school, she becomes increasingly obsessed with this dark part of her family history.
How it feels: Satirical, dark, earnest and melancholic. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Identity, family, memory, obsession
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
memory
obsession
trauma
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none