Why the Canary Sings No More

Live action and animation adaptation of an episode from Lautréamont’s 1868 anti-novel Maldoror.

This film has led a double life: in one version it forms part of an Anglo-German feature film collaboration (see below) based upon the eponymous anti-hero. But here it stands alone, and self contained - the same source of inspiration but a different edit with all new sound.

Shot on Super 8, this is a place where an alternate set of rules govern time, space and desire. Any notion of realism has been spat upon, all hope for happy endings abandoned. Look to those three sisters, that talented bird and faithful dog and witness their destinies. Peer through the window at home life turning bad, worse, worst, bathed within a fragile noir light. And understand why that canary will sing no more….

Best of Festival prize at Super 8 Sideshow.