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Dusty

2024 · 16 min

A short, messy, darkly funny plunge into grief that keeps you off-balance and oddly moved.

Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Ashes to ashes, dust to Dusty.
Overview
After the death of his best friend, we follow Dustin on a grief-induced bender for one. Going to great fucked-up lengths to keep the memory of his best friend Ashleigh alive. How? By accidentally mixing her ashes into his buzz of course.

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Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • friendship
  • death
  • addiction
  • isolation
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Written by
Travis Jeffery
Starring
Travis Jeffery, Shannon Ryan, Susie Porter
Music
Luke Altmann
Cinematography
Kate Cornish
Runtime
16 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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