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Dear Dad

2024 · 5 min

A quiet, uneasy short that sits with a young runaway's loneliness and the wariness of a stranger's kindness.

Tagline
Run away from your past
Overview
After he runs away from home, Isaac meets a loner named Mark.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • survival
  • loneliness
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Starring
Isaiah Powell-McKinnon
Cinematography
Isaiah Powell-McKinnon
Runtime
5 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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