Starshine Mountain
2021 · 10m · USA
Directed by Corrinne James
Tones: contemplative, mythic, whimsical
Odette's laboratory moths bust loose and meet a one-eyed sky woman; a destructive red stone threatens everyone, and the survivors set off on a cosmic millennia-spanning move. Mixed-media creation myth, basically.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Lab moths, a cyclops sky woman, and a killer red rock — finally, a worldbuilding pitch I don't already have memorized. Mixed-media cosmology is where the weird kids go to actually build something.
Mixed-media creation myth with escaped lab moths and a one-eyed celestial is the kind of cosmic college-zine register Miyazaki's metaphysics actually rewards. Genuine ambition.
Mixed-media creation-myth with escaped lab moths and a one-eyed celestial — the Miyazaki-via-college-zine swing is ambitious and earnest. Animated fairy tales are make-or-break on craft texture; pitch is strong.
Reviews
A wonderfully imaginative fairy tale / creation myth.