United States / Nov 22, 2025 / NR / Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill, NC
What if you could erase all your pain—would you do it?
27min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Afloat follows Owen, a young man burdened by shame, fear, and trauma, who returns home and takes an experimental pill meant to erase emotional pain. What he hopes will heal him only makes things worse.
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Afloat |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Core One Productions |
| Official site | coreoneofficial.com |
| Release date | 22 novembre 2025 |
| Production | Jordan Stephenson |
| Writer | Tae Park, Kunal Bhardwaj |
| Cinematography | Daniel Vo, Joseph Mohler, Friend Rodgers, Curt Wrenn |
| Assistant directors | K. Jacob Facio, Tae Park, Tristan McNish, Ryan Pisch |
| Additional directing | Joseph Mohler |
| Lighting | Rory Sullivan |
| Camera operators | Joseph Mohler, Friend Rodgers, Daniel Vo, Curt Wrenn |
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| Additional photography | Joseph Mohler, Friend Rodgers, Daniel Vo, Curt Wrenn |
| Production design | Sophie Dickerson |
| Art direction | Sophie Dickerson |
| Set decoration | Sophie Dickerson |
| Music | Andrew Cao, Jerod Javier, Michael Eels-Miller |
| Sound | Andrew Cao, Jerod Javier, Michael Eels-Miller |
| Budget | 2500 € |
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