Detached

You ever wake up feeling not like yourself? Let everyone know by changing your head as easily as you would change your shirt. Put on your happy face! Or your sad face. Or your uh… upside down face?

In Detached, we meet a man who’s woken up on the smug side of the bed. His self-satisfaction is challenged by all of the unique personalities he bumps into on his way to work.

Detached was inspired by all those days that I woke up in an awful mood and just didn’t care about anyone else’s feelings. Those days when I barked at people who didn’t deserve it. Those days that made people ask, “What’s up with you today?” I felt different, but I looked the same. People can dress differently depending on their mood, can’t they? So wouldn’t it be great if we could switch our heads to match?

Detached played at several film festivals throughout 2022, was recognized by DesignRush’s video design awards as one of The Best Videos of 2022, and was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick.

Screenings
Open World Animation Fest, 2025, USA
Berlin FilmHaus, 2024, Germany
ICON12 Motion Commotion, 2024, USA
PAFF Short Film Festival, 2023, Slovakia
Oxford International Film Festival, 2022, UK
ANIMAZE, 2022, Canada
Animest, 2022, Romania
Minnanimate 10, 2022, USA
Cardiff Animation Nights, 2022, UK
Milledgeville-Eatonton Film Festival, 2022, USA
JellyFEST Season 6, 2022, USA
Brooklyn Film Festival, 2022, USA
Venice Shorts, 2022, USA

Awards
Winner Best Micro-Short Berlin FilmHaus 2024
Vimeo Staff Pick
DesignRush’s One of the Best Videos of 2022
Finalist Scream it Off Screen July 2022
Honorable Mention Indie Short Fest March 2022

A Film By
Emory Allen
Music By
Justin Lawes
Special Thanks
Alicia Allen, Motion504
Produced by
Foreign Fauna