Short film

Girls Hugging Their Fathers

2024 · 4 min

A quiet, intense encounter that lingers on unspoken pain and the difficulty of expressing what cannot be said.

Directed by: Atalanta Oonagh Swire
Starring: Patsy Ferran, Nathaniel Parker

Overview: A young woman is confronted by her inability to access her own anger as she makes a final attempt to acknowledge it through the act of hugging her father.

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Directed by: Atalanta Oonagh Swire
Starring: Patsy Ferran, Nathaniel Parker

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
trauma
healing
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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