In her secret studio a gifted young girl attempts to beautify the world with savage results

The Cast

Maureen Rooney

Grandma


Tom Edwards

Mr. Harrison




Writer, Director, Producer: Tammy Salzl
Executive Producers: Carolyn Whittaker & David Candler
Director of Photography, Producer: David Baron
Editor: Chris Mihailides
Music and Sound: Greg Mulyk


1st Assistant Director: Eric B. Spoeth
2nd Assistant Director: Jordan Schroder
Production Manager: Caitlin Burnett


Production Design: Tammy Salzl
Set Design and Key Collaborator: Ian Walker
Art Director: Kyrsten Lofts
Props and Ellie Art: Isabelle Kuzio 
Puppets: Puppet Stuff Canada



Ist Assistant Camera: Emily Kiara 
2nd Assistant Camera: Tom Bonham
Gaffer: Isaiah Rust
Key Grip: Marion Parnell
Swing Grip/Electric: Roo Baker
Gaffers Assistant: Luke MacPhee, Edgar Pizon
Jib Operator: Art Raham
Production Assistants: Maya Candler, Kay Peters, Emily Williams
Sound Recordist: Dmitri Bandet 

Post Production House: Moving Artist Industries
Puppeteers: Sara McPhee & Meghan Schech
Costume Design: Beverly Gan
On-set Dresser: Isabelle Kuzio
Hair & Makeup: Rebecca Klassen 
Animal Wrangler: The Bark Side with Creature 
Stills Photographer: Jacob Dutton
Visual Effects: Kyle Tiernan
Original Art: Tammy Salzl, Jude Griebel

Made with the generous support from

Tammy Salzl is a Canadian Filmmaker and Visual Artist. The tales she creates blend whimsy and melancholy to embody what it means to be human in today's world. Salzl received a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in 2014 and has presented her artwork and short films across Canada and internationally. 

Salzl has been awarded several awards, grants and residencies in Canada and internationally, and uses them to make her beautiful parasites: work that enters the eyes through beauty, sinks to the gut with uneasy questions, then rises to the brain and festers over time.