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Giltrude s Dwelling by Canada’s
Jeremy Lutter has been turning heads since 2019. The recipient of roughly a dozen awards which has also been selected for forty or so events - including the 38
th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - this 15-minute short film, shot in live action, offers up a clever blend of science-fiction and fantasy.
A mysterious Victorian house inhabited by a family changes its location every day without ever returning to the same spot twice, except at night-time when the residence drops anchor in a dark and swampy realm. For 11-year-old Giltrude, the rules are clear: no venturing outdoors once night-time has fallen. One evening, her parents disappear. Henceforth, Giltrude must live out her adolescence alone inside the house, hostage to the whims of the supernatural abode which whisks her to new, wonderful lands with every dawning day. Meanwhile at sunset, an old clock in the lounge sounds the exact hour when the house d
11/01/2021 - Film Fund Luxembourg and the Canada Media Fund have announced joint support for the pre-production of this promising project, which straddles sci-fi and fantasy