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Agoge

2025 · 13 min

A taut, quietly moving slice of adolescence where small gestures carry the weight of what can't be said.

Directed by
Veniamin Gialouris
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nick Annas, Marley Hayward, Julian Maroun
Overview
Placed in detention after a physical altercation on the school playground, two teenage boys find their developing friendship challenged by the limits of their emotional honesty.

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Directed by
Veniamin Gialouris
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nick Annas, Marley Hayward, Julian Maroun
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • loyalty
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Veniamin Gialouris
Written by
Veniamin Gialouris, Marcus Khoudair
Starring
Nick Annas, Marley Hayward, Julian Maroun, Jagger Leith
Runtime
13 min
Country
Australia

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