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THE Cycle The Facts in the Case of Mister Hollow
5 minutes a73 2008 a73 USA a73 In Competition 6 minutes a73 2008 a73 Canada
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Plays in: Short Stories (p50) Plays in: Animation Shorts (p50) Sponsor: Project A
Director/Screenwriter: Amanda Sweikow a73 Producers: Brad Jones, Deborah Lemen a73 Directors: Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone a73 Producer: Marco Pecota a73 Screenwriter:
Cinematographer: Marc Levy a73 Editors: Amanda Sweikow, Jacques Thelemaque a73 Rodrigo Gudiño a73 Cinematographer: Walter Pacifico a73 Animators: Tomasz Dysinski, Vincent
Music/Composer: Shaun Drew a73 Principal Cast: Nicole Smolen Marcone, Cole Sullivan a73 Editor: Vincent Marcone a73 Music/Composer: Johnny Hollow a73
Principal Cast: Alan Alderton, Lea Lawrynowicz, Julian Richings a73
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shorts
Drawing on the vernacular of classic movie suspense, THE
Cycle brings a young girl face to face with Through seductively spooky and artful animation, an unusual
the horrors of adolescence. [adult content] photograph dating back to the 1930s is dissected. An
investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets
Amanda Sweikow hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder
captured in a haunting moment.
Director’s Statement
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As with my previous short films and my
Rodrigo Gudiño
current feature screenplays, I am particularly
Director’s Statement
interested in exploring key issues related to
the female experience, and finding unique, Making The Facts in the Case of
expressive ways to create a deeper and more distinctive Mister Hollow was an exotic
understanding of those experiences for both men and women. adventure since I had never done
anything like it. Vincent and I Rodrigo Gudiño and Vincent
With THE Cycle, I wanted to make a film that playfully makes
wanted to make something unique Marcone
use of horror genre conventions to express what it can be like
and beautiful and also darkly
for a young girl dealing with her very first menstruation. It often
disturbing, and we hope to have achieved that with this film. A
comes without warning, which can be not only embarrassing,
big thank you to BravoFACT! who believed in the project from
but often times – terrifying. THE Cycle explores growing up, the
the beginning and helped make it possible.
loss of innocence, and the psychological “horror” that
accompanies it—a perfect combination of genre with theme.
Filmography: Gudiño: The Demonology Of Desire, The Eyes of Edward James;
Marcone: Directorial Debut
Filmography: Failed Attempts, Plus or Minus: A Few Things I Thought I Should Consider
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