SWEET CHILD OF MINE

Short,

Canada

2025

Runtime, min

After years of estrangement, Liz returns to her childhood home to finalize its sale following her mother’s death. What begins as a simple visit soon spirals into a descent through fractured memories and unresolved trauma. Haunted by eerie recordings, ghostly lullabies, and photographs that should not exist, Liz confronts the suffocating grip of a mother who never truly let go. As past and present collapse into one, the line between love and possession blurs—forcing Liz to relive the night she swore she'd never come back.

Director:

Fereshteh Nezakati Rezapour

Selections and Awards:

REVIEWS:

The direction is incredibly subtle balancing between psychological drama and horror almost imperceptibly. The atmosphere of repressed childhood is built through details and sound.

Jennifer Wang

The film perfectly captures a traumatic bond - the unresolved mother-daughter relationship seems to live within the walls themselves.

Liam Jones

Damn, it’s like a dream you can’t shake off. I didn’t get everything, but I felt something pulling from inside.

Antonio Fernandez Lopez

It’s not your usual horror. No jump scares, but a constant unease. I loved how the past itself becomes the monster.

Christopher Olson

Every frame feels soaked in the mist of memory. Light and color act as characters of their own.

Francisco Gonzalez Martinez

I was struck by the idea that love and control are two sides of the same coin. The mother didn’t die, she became a memory that won’t let go.

Javier Martinez Perez

I literally felt the chill when she stepped inside that house. The blue lighting felt like frozen memories.

Alfonso Triana

It honestly creeped me out.

Emily Johnson

Brilliant sound design: echoes, whispers, and hums build an architecture of fear. A small film with a vast emotional scale.

Nicodemo Losa

I relate to how she takes her voice back. The fear doesn’t come from ghosts, it comes from being silenced your whole life.

Daniel Sanchez Fernandez