World Premiere
Six-year-old Molly copes with her father’s alcoholic rage and mother’s worsening depression. One day, Molly and her mother discover a secret hidden underneath the floor grate.
Supported by
Community Broadcast Partner
Community Partner
Briar Mosher, Rhiannon Morgan, Joel Thomas Hynes
Canada
2022
English
Domestic Violence; nudity
Featured in:
VIFF Short Forum: Program 1
What kind of alchemy occurs to transform hardship into fortune? Here, the extraordinary burn brightly.
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Credits
Producer
Leah Johnston, Jason Buxton
Screenwriter
Leah Johnston
Cinematography
Jason Buxton
Editor
Leah Johnston
Director
Leah Johnston
Leah Johnston is an award-winning filmmaker from Nova Scotia. Her most recent short film, Ingrid and the Black Hole (2016), premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and was showcased at over 20 film festivals, winning eight awards, including Best Canadian Short at the Edmonton International Film Festival. She is the recipient of the Corus Fearless Female Filmmaker Award, the Bravofact/WIFT Prize, and the National Screen Institute Drama Prize. She has a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.