Short film

Creative Reasoning

2025 · 14 min

A quiet, haunting exploration of grief that lingers like a half-remembered dream, equal parts sorrow and fragile hope.

Overview: A grieving comic artist, struggling to cope with the loss of her child, is visited by a mysterious young girl who helps her to confront her past and process her trauma.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, trauma, healing, memory
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: grief
trauma
healing
memory
parenthood
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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