MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Short film
Poster for Nabu

Nabu

2024 · 6 min

A brief, haunting plunge into a child's shattered world, leaving a lingering ache long after it fades.

Directed by
Joanna Rusinek
Genres
Animation
Overview
Nabu's carefree childhood is interrupted by bombs falling on her home village. She tries to escape with his younger brother from burning houses, violence and screaming. Unfortunately, soon her only companion is a plush mascot.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Joanna Rusinek
Genres
Animation
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • trauma
  • grief
  • survival
  • isolation
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

More like this

Titles like Nabu

Movie

Allah is Not Obliged

2026

A harrowing, clear-eyed plunge into a child's survival amid war, told with stark animation and unflinching honesty.

Bleak, dark · about war and trauma · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • war
  • trauma
  • animated
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
80 min
Details
Allah is Not ObligedHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Dragonfly

2023

A quiet, aching short that drifts between a child's bright farmland and the firebombing of a city, leaving a heavy stillness behind.

Bleak, melancholic · about war and trauma · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • melancholic
  • war
  • trauma
  • animated
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
14 min
Details
DragonflyHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Wardé

2016

A hushed, anxious short that holds you inside a child's fragile world of gunfire and small hopes.

Bleak, melancholic · about war and grief

Via
  • bleak
  • melancholic
  • war
  • grief
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
17 min
Details
WardéHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Most Shocking Second a Day Video

2014

A one-minute gut punch that starts as a birthday montage and turns into a countdown of escalating dread, leaving you shaken.

Bleak, dark · about war and trauma

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • war
  • trauma
Pacing
brisk
Attention
engaged
Runtime
1 min
Details
Most Shocking Second a Day VideoHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Shadows

2024

A haunting, poetic journey through memory and fear, told with stark animation that lingers like a shadow.

Bleak, dark · about trauma and survival · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • trauma
  • survival
  • animated
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
12 min
Details
ShadowsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Barefoot Gen

1983

A harrowing, deeply moving animated account of survival amid nuclear devastation, balancing moments of tenderness with unflinching horror.

Bleak, melancholic · about war and trauma · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • melancholic
  • war
  • trauma
  • animated
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
83 min
Details
Barefoot GenHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

A Minor Genocide

2018

A somber, essayistic meditation that drifts between archival images and animated inner landscapes, asking quiet, patient attention as it weighs private grief against the scale of history.

Bleak, dark · about war and trauma · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • war
  • trauma
  • animated
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
72 min
Details
A Minor GenocideHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Kayoko's Diary

1991

A quiet, devastating plunge into a child's ordinary life as war slowly strips everything away.

Bleak, melancholic · about war and grief

Via
  • bleak
  • melancholic
  • war
  • grief
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
90 min
Details
Kayoko's DiaryHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Safe Room

2012

A brief, tense plunge into a child's frightened confinement, more remembered dread than action.

Melancholic, tense · about war and trauma

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • war
  • trauma
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
5 min
Details
Safe RoomHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Killhouse

2026

A nerve-shredding, emotionally draining window into modern war, where every moment crackles with dread and fragile hope.

Bleak, dark, relentless · about war and trauma

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • war
  • trauma
Pacing
relentless
Attention
engaged
Runtime
152 min
Details
KillhouseHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

17 o'clock

2024

A quiet, tender-wounding short that holds its breath alongside a family as ordinary summer life continues under the sound of distant bombs.

Melancholic, tense · about war and survival · animated

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • war
  • survival
  • animated
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
10 min
Details
17 o'clockHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Secretum

2021

A somber, emotionally heavy animated short that immerses you in a young bird's silent suffering and gradual awakening, leaving a lingering sense of unease and fragile hope.

Bleak, dark · about trauma and isolation · animated

Via
  • bleak
  • dark
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • animated
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
29 min
Details
SecretumHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
animation
Directed by
Joanna Rusinek
Written by
Joanna Rusinek
Music
Mikołaj Trzaska
Runtime
6 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

TMDBIMDb