Return to Hairy Hill / Retour à Hairy Hill
Canada, 17', 2023
age recommendation: 14+
original language: No Dialogue
In an isolated prairie home, a young girl shoulders the burden of caring for her three siblings while navigating a dysfunctional relationship with their mother. When the mother mysteriously transforms into a bird and abandons her children, this resilient eldest sister struggles to maintain their isolated existence. As the siblings, one by one, undergo metamorphoses into animals and forsake her for the enchanting forest, she faces a poignant choice: embrace her own transformation and join them in the vast wilderness of their home, or defy fate by embracing her scarred humanity and venturing into the towns and cities of the world to forge her own destiny.
Daniel Gies
A self-taught artist and animator born and raised at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Western Canada, Daniel has spent the last 17 years living and working in the vibrant city of Montreal, Quebec. He learned everything he knows about computer animation and filmmaking through online tutorials and the generosity of mentors along the way. Although he has collaborated with many directors and artists over his career, Return to Hairy Hill is first independent short film.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Daniel Gies
- screenplay: Daniel Gies, Emily Paige
- cinematography: Sébastien Gros
- animation: Daniel Gies, Cielle Graham, Louis M. Roy, Pier-Olivier Allard, Emad Shamsollahi
- music: Tyler Fitzmaurice, Jessica Moss
- sound: Tyler Fitzmaurice, Audio Coara
- producer: Emily Paige
- production company: E.D. FILMS
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