RETURN TO HAIRY HILL

Daniel Gies |
Canada |
2023 |
17Min |
No Dialogue
PG
In an isolated prairie home, a young girl shoulders the burden of caring for her three siblings and navigating a dysfunctional relationship with their mother. When the mother mysteriously transforms into a bird and abandons her children, this resilient eldest sister struggles to maintain their isolated existence. As the siblings each undergo a metamorphosis into animals and forsake her for the enchanting forest, she faces a poignant choice: embrace her own transformation and join them in the vast wilderness or defy fate, embracing her scarred humanity, and venture into the towns and cities of the world to forge her own destiny.
Daniel Gies
Emily Paige
Daniel Gies, Emily Paige

Screenings

19 July 17:45 Gateway 8
22 July 17:30 Gateway 9
23 July 17:15 Gateway 9

Shorts Package 1

RETURN TO HAIRY HILL
RETURN TO HAIRY HILL - Daniel Gles

Daniel Gies

Daniel Gies learned everything he knows about computer animation and filmmaking through online tutorials and the generosity of mentors along the way. A self-taught artist and animator, born and raised at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Western, Canada, Daniel has spent the last seventeen years living and working in Montreal, Quebec. Although he has collaborated with many directors and artists over his career, Return to Hairy Hill marks his first independent short film.