Ireland

Synopsis

George Takei narrates this multi-award-winning fable about a wise squirrel on an increasingly existential quest to find its scarf.

Director's Statement

The film sets out on a misadventurous route to answering four common human fears. Presented in order, they are – fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of rejection and, finally, fear of death, which is comically blown out of proportion to include the entire universe. For each fear both sides of an argument are presented but visually no real resolution is delivered. This allows the audience to form their own conclusion for each argument. The film's heavy subject matter is shrouded under the tone of a toddler's Saturday morning cartoon. This helps lull the audience into a false sense of security only to deliver twist after twist to a normally predictable genre.
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Cast & Crew

Directed by: Eoin Duffy

Written by: Eoin Duffy

Produced by: Jamie Hogan

Cinematography: Eoin Duffy

Editing: Eoin Duffy

Production Design: Eoin Duffy

Costume Design: Eoin Duffy

Original Score: Tobias Norberg, Gavin Little

Sound: Gavin Little, Joe McHugh

Cast: George Takei

Nominations and Awards

  • European Short Film 2014