Short film

Anwar

2024 · 19 min

A quiet, melancholic meditation on mortality and faith, unfolding like a gentle ache across a lifetime.

Overview: Anwar is a sci-fi short film about a mother who chooses to live forever and a son who longs for heaven. We see Anwar age from 8 to 18 to 80, while Mona remains eternal throughout, until he has a final moment of doubt, and she has a final moment of hope.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Faith, aging, family, death
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
aging
family
death
grief
Places: home
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none