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Stay Happy

2025 · 4 min

A brief, quiet conversation piece that turns awkward small talk into a raw, uncomfortable glimpse of two people's painful pasts.

Directed by
Ian Murray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adrian Newhook, Patricia Barker Warford, Anastasia Vedyenyeva
Overview
A college kid's study date is interrupted by his older housemate; inadvertently bringing to light both of their troubled family backgrounds.

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Directed by
Ian Murray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Adrian Newhook, Patricia Barker Warford, Anastasia Vedyenyeva
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • trauma
    • identity
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Ian Murray
    Written by
    Adrian Newhook
    Starring
    Adrian Newhook, Patricia Barker Warford, Anastasia Vedyenyeva, Rafe Stevenson, Vincent Bartlett, Alec Jackman
    Cinematography
    Dawson Greening
    Runtime
    4 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    English

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