Short film

Car Sick

2023 · 12 min

A quiet, wintry character study that sits with a woman's stubborn grief, offering a slow, chilly, and ultimately tender reckoning.

Overview: A woman living in her car on hospital grounds during the coldest Scottish winter in years ignores the growing concerns of others - but she must come to accept what is holding her there or face the inevitable consequences.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, isolation, survival, family
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
survival
family
healing
Places: hospital
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none