Short film

Wild Child

2023 · 23 min

A quiet, unsettling coming-of-age tale that turns a girl's body into a countdown clock in a world without adults.

Overview: In a near-future where earth has punished and killed all adults for not taking properly care of our planet, a young girl is faced with impending adulthood when she gets her period.
How it feels: Bleak, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, survival, environment, fate
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: coming-of-age
survival
environment
fate
isolation
Places: countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: drama, science fiction, fantasy
Directed by: Sif Lina Lambæk
Written by: Kristine Plechinger Tüchsen, Sif Lina Lambæk
Starring: Ida Skelbæk-Knudsen, Luke Lee Wyatt, Vida Sjørslev, Wilhelm David Lumholt Hakesberg, Sofus Hansen, Malcolm Lawal, Sol Lindberg, Jessé Spiegelhauer Larsen
Runtime: 23 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish