“Visually Stunning” George Lyter, ADD-TV/PILL Awards, NYC
“Eerily inventive and stylish” 22nd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
“A revolution in coming out stories” MIX 22 New York Queer Experimental Film Festival
Nominated for for 2 Pill Awards- Best short film and Best animation- Add TV, NYC, 2010
“Intriguing, compelling, freakish and wonderful” Wotever DIY Film festival, London,2015
SYNOPSIS
While visiting a Freak Show, a doll finds herself caught up in a series of events that reveals to her the secrets of her true nature. Sexual twists and turns take a simple “coming out” story into the magical realm of stop-frame animation.
CREDITS
- Direction/Screenplay/Animation/Camera/ Set Design/ Sound design: Nataly Lebouleux
- Editing: Nataly Lebouleux, Anthony Campbell, Dettie Gould
- Produced by Improbable Dolls
- United Kingdom, 2007
- 18 mins 40 secs
- B&W
FESTIVALS SCREENINGS
- 22nd London Gay and Lesbian film festival. April 2008
- 20th Newfest, New York city. June 2008
- Anchorage PrideFest Film festival, Alaska. June 2008
- Gaze 2008, Dublin. August 2008
- LesGaiCineVox, Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina. October 2008
- Metzipatra, 9th Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Brno and Prague. October 2008
- 16th MixBrasil, Film and Video film festival, Sao Paulo. November-Decembre 2008
- 3rd FIAE – International film festival of Erotic Animation- Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Sao Paulo. Novembre- Decembre 2008
- MIX 22, New York Queer Experimental Film Festival. November 2009
- Queer City Cinema International Film Festival, Regina, Canada. June 2010
- MIX Milano, Italy. 2012
- MIX Copenhagen, Denmark. 2012
- Queerchester Films NW, Manchester, England. 2015
- Lafyfest-Tod, England.2015
- Wotever film festival, London. 2015
TV BROADCASTS
- ADD-TV, New York City, January -May 2009
About ADD-TV: “A queer themed public access show.The format is a half hour program featuring a series of different short films by young independant film makers. It airs on Manhattan Neighborhood Network to much local acclaim once a month. ” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. “Mix of avant garde, sexy, funny and bitingly original queer music videos and shorts” Next Magazine
- CESKA TELEVIZE, Czech Republic, October 2009
GALLERY SHOWCASE/ART EVENT
- Georges House Gallery, Folkstone, England, as part of the project Puppets and Dolls by Estelle Rosenfeld. 2009
- “Pankhurst in the Park”, Alexandra Park, Manchester England. 2014