THE ORNAMENT | Short Film

** TRIGGER WARNING - Aggressive language and an abusive situation portrayed ** A young girl prepares to share her family’s holiday traditions with her class, but when her mother becomes the subject of a glossy magazine profile, she begins to see the painful gap between the perfect image her family presents to the world and the emotional reality inside their home. Written and directed by Jinjara Mitchell, The Ornament is a quietly powerful short film about childhood innocence, family secrets, emotional abuse, and the painful choice between protecting an illusion and telling the truth. Based on the writer-director’s own lived experience, the film explores how appearances can be used to hide pain — and how even the smallest crack in the facade can become the beginning of freedom We had a stunt double for the child as well as an intimacy coordinator on set! #TheOrnament #JinjaraMitchell #ShortFilm #CanadianFilm #IndieFilm #FemaleFilmmaker #WomenInFilm #DramaShortFilm #HolidayShortFilm #EmotionalAbuseAwareness #FamilySecrets #ChildhoodTrauma #HealingJourney #SurvivorStory #TraumaRecovery #FilmFestival #AwardWinningShortFilm #ShortFilmDirector #WatchShortFilms #IndependentFilm