Unspoken

A thought-provoking glimpse into a relationship at breaking point under family pressure. It's hard enough for a couple to manage their own devastating struggles, without having to worry about what other people will think.

I liked how the start of this film built suspense about what was happening outside the car. What was the phone call about? The mystery continued even as a conversation unfolded inside the car between the two main characters.

My improv brain was expecting a joke at this point – that the mystery of what serious thing they were talking about would be resolved when it turned out to be something very silly and inconsequential. But no, this film isn't a joke. It is about a very weighty topic.

It's hard to pull off drama in 48Hours but the performances in this film were sincere and authentic, drawing me in.

The final shots of the film were magic. A simple editing trick completely fooled me, leaving me blown away at the conclusion. How could my eyes be deceiving me? The symbolism of the final shot spoke volumes.

This was a very heartfelt film about the sort of struggles people actually have in their lives, covering a very difficult subject people don't talk about much. I really enjoyed it, it is thought provoking. Unfortunately, I did not understand the ending. "You've already left", and she's not in the car is great editing - but why? When did she leave? How much time just passed? This ending was the key climax of the film, but it was lost on me. Other than that, it was an excellent film, and very real.

Wow, this film's script was pretty incredible for a 48hour film. It felt frighteningly real and relatable on many levels and the slow reveal of information to give the argument context was great.

So bold! Its really brave to go for such a heavy subject matter in this competition, and I think a lot of people loved it! The little twist at the end was nice!

This was a really nice story and an unexpected request on a holiday movie. Such a valid and widely relatable experience bottled up in a cool way. Great work

A relatable film with a lot of heart. The leads really sold it too! This film is a great example of not relying on multiple locations for a great story.

A really excellent idea with two leads that gave it a solid performance! The dialogue was mostly on par with how we’d expect a conversation like this to go, and the stakes of the conversation rose at a rate that felt pretty natural. We LOVED the little toy falling off at the end.

Now, it would appear that this version of the film shown in the screening room has a significantly better colour grade than the file we received — perhaps there was something in the export settings when you rendered it out for submission? The one we have on our computer has the exposure on every single shot set extremely high — and to be honest, this was probably the single biggest thing that took us out of the viewing experience. We’re gutted for you if it was something you didn’t discover until later, but glad you chose to put a fixed version up here.

Beyond that, just a couple of small notes — the actress threatening to leave at the end didn’t really seem to care that much about it. Perhaps that was an intentional choice? But we’re not sure we’d be able to stomach being so calm when threatening to leave over such a difficult issue.

Perhaps you didn’t have the time, but the thing that would really elevate this to the next level is a bit more variety in the shot choices. The back-and-forth is fine, but some close-ups of the faces and different angles on the conversation to keep the pace moving would work wonders for this story.

And the last little thing that made us chuckle at the start was the ambient sound of birds while the shot was inside the car...

THE BEST THING: A great swing at a difficult topic.
THE NEXT THING: We were going to say fix your exposure settings on your camera, but it looks like you already did that! So the next thing is to double-check your exposure on your final MP4 before uploading??

Really looking forward to see what Art & Experience cooks up next year!