Stevie (Stephanie Petallano) is a twenty something waking up to a surprise believing her hands are moulded clay. At her workplace her clay hands transform into porcelain and the rest of her face into clay save for her eyes. Her mind deceives her as she is the sole witness to this horrific and imaginary transformation.
Alone in a dark office storeroom a fellow worker Clara (Morgan Mitchell) shares a moment of truth with Stevie confessing she doesn’t feel real and she’ll be stuck like this forever.
Perfection and disassociation may be but an illusion.
The interplay of live action and Claymation deliver a commanding presentation, a physical presentation if you like, of mental illness in a simplistic but highly tangible and effective manner.
Written by Morgan Abele and directed by Abele and Kiki Evans.
The film was shown at an 11April2026 Crazy8’s Gala Screening in Vancouver.,
RKS CANADIAN Film Rating 83/100.
Crazy8s is an 8-day short filmmaking challenge and program that provides support and funding to emerging filmmakers to produce a short film and provides training opportunities to crew and cast. Each year, more than 100 teams apply to be part of Crazy8s.
Crazy8s is run by the Crazy8s Film Society, a registered British Columbia not-for-profit organization. Its mandate is to foster support for emerging and mid-career BC-based, Canadian short filmmakers who have limited access to resources or funding to produce professional-quality short-form content. Since 1999, Crazy8s has produced 151 short films that have gone on to win awards at film festivals worldwide.
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