Short film

New Shoes

2023 · 18 min

A short, quietly devastating slice of life that sits with you long after it ends, heavy with helplessness and love.

Tagline: The ties that bind
Overview: Young Tristan desperately needs new shoes, but his mother struggles between feeding her drug addiction and providing for her child.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Addiction, parenthood, politics
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 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: addiction
parenthood
politics
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none