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THE PAINTED MAN
2024 | SHORT
SYNOPSIS
A street performer arrives in a dreary suburb and discovers an unlikely kinship with a young person.
Inspired by the science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury's own story of how he became a writer, this surreal coming-of-age film blurs the lines between reality and fantasy, past and present.
Veteran theatre director Dan Colley brings his strikingly visual sensibility to his debut film about the ways that outsiders find each other at the margins of everyday life.
SHORTLISTED FOR BEST ART HOUSE SHORT AT FASTNET FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER OF BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT AT SIMPLY SHORTS
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