DAWN CHORUS

2024 | Short | Animation, Horror | UK / PL

Development funded by BFI. Winner of first prize at AniMarkt Stop Motion Forum 2022. Supported by CeTA (Poland), and currently out for production funding.

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After another night of uneasy sleep, a Bird shows up on Dawn’s window ledge and torments her with its song. At first Dawn tries to ignore the Bird and block its twisted calls from her mind but when the Bird begins to pursue her in the daytime too, it begins to impact Dawn’s life. Her desperation to escape the Bird turns into an obsession and as the its power over her grows, Dawn’s work and relationships irrevocably suffer. She begins to act distant with her otherwise supportive partner, her job as a chef becomes hard to handle as the food starts to transform into various bird parts. Her bedroom begins to change, feathers start growing out of the wall and her furniture grow wings and bird feet. As she gets less and less sleep and becomes more paranoid, reality, hallucination and dreams blend together. She reaches her breaking point and is forced to confront the bird for what it really is.