Alive in Joburg

Alive in Joburg

Directed by Neill Blomkamp

Produced by Spy Films

20056 min6.8 / 10

A found-footage sci-fi short that treats an alien arrival as a documentary event, blending strangeness and paranoia with existential uncertainty.

A documentary-style short film about the arrival of an alien spaceship over Johannesburg, South Africa.

Questions people ask

  • Is Alive in Joburg scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Alive in Joburg end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Alive in Joburg easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Alive in Joburg sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Alive in Joburg violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

72/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity71

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise88

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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