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Inventor Crazybrains and the Girl Called Bird

2022 · 13 min

A quiet, dreamlike documentary that blurs diaries and imagination, leaving you gently unsettled and thoughtful.

Directed by: Jefferson Everest Crawford
Genres: Fantasy, History
Starring: Rich Fedorchak, Ommy Alvarez-Orling, Nora Jacobson

Tagline: We're all on the brink of something...
Overview: The objects found inside the house seemed of little historical importance - two diaries. But taken together, they form a fantastical little story… and so a filmmaker finds herself caught between fiction and memory, believing in impossibilities.

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Directed by: Jefferson Everest Crawford
Genres: Fantasy, History
Starring: Rich Fedorchak, Ommy Alvarez-Orling, Nora Jacobson

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
art
isolation
faith
family
Places: small town
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: fantasy, history
Directed by: Jefferson Everest Crawford
Written by: Jefferson Everest Crawford
Starring: Rich Fedorchak, Ommy Alvarez-Orling, Nora Jacobson
Cinematography: Quinn Thomashow
Runtime: 13 min

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