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New Orleans Film Society

Magic Realism

Pyskessa

UK 10 min.

Director
Kirran Bruce, Duncan Bruce
Writers
Kirran Bruce, Nick Pryke, Samantha Larsen-Mellor
Cinematographers
Juan Camilo, Olmos Feris
Editors
Kirran Bruce, Camille Delprat

Synopsis

Following the death of her mother, a whimsical young girl is left to her own devices as her father stumbles about the Cornish countryside in an alcohol-induced haze. This little girl soon ventures into her own fantasy world with her new acquaintance, a talking radio. As the two become fast friends, they take each other on obscure voyages through her imagination. But an imaginary friend is not enough to console or protect her from the vast loneliness of her existence, and when the radio begins to change, our protagonist ventures further and further into her hallucinatory fantasy world. Using a mixture of Super 16 film inter cut with hand-made animation and green screen, the film weaves a grave tale.