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2025 Sarasota Film Festival

When the Moon Returns

2024โ€ข 16 minโ€ข English

Screenings

  • Animated Shorts

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    Saturday, April 5 at 5:00 PM EDT

    Ends 6:15 PM EDT

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    Ringling College / Morganroth Auditorium

    About This Screening

    PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE IN THIS EVENT - IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 4PM BUT IS NOW AT 5PM!

About this film

Persecuted and hunted by Christianizing forces, young Deirdre and her clan eke out an itinerant existence in the forest. When the threat grows more imminent, Deidre's mother, Brigid, is led by a ritualistic vision to make a transformative choice: she offers herself as holy sacrifice. Many years later, Deirdre and her father, Orson, are all that remain of the clan. Deirdre and Orson embark upon a harrowing and hallucinatory journey to find Brigid, one that will lead them across the threshold of death and far beyond.


Screening as part of the Animated shorts program.

Credits

Director
Brandon Colvin
Producer
Brandon Colvin, Tony Oswald, Nora Stone, Pisie Hochheim
Screenwriter
Brandon Colvin
Editor
Brandon Colvin
Animator
Lola Forde, Matthew Wade, Cheryl Swanberg, Andrew Bryant, Riley Luce, Gabe Adams
Cast
Yumna Jane, Jesse Samba Wheeler, Sanam Erfani
When the Moon Returns
When the Moon Returns โ€” production still