The Facts In The Case Of Mister Hollow
2008 · 6m · Canada
Directed by Rodrigo Gudiño, Vincent Marcone
Tones: contemplative, dark, tense
A single photograph from the 1930s becomes the site of an escalating investigation: as the camera zooms into its details, it reveals a hidden tapestry of secrets — a tale of murder, kidnapping and sacrifice captured in a haunting moment.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The formal conceit is audacious and airtight — an entire horror narrative told through one animated photograph, where what the camera finds hiding in the image is more disturbing than anything a conventional edit could deliver.
A single animated photograph as the entire film — formal audacity I respect, and 50+ festivals over fifteen years suggests it actually lands. Genie nominee. This is the kind of constraint I show up for.
A six-minute zoom into a single still photograph that keeps revealing horrors — pure cinema-of-the-detail, closer to a Borges story than a horror short. A formal exercise of genuine elegance that holds up fifteen years on.
Festivals
- Genie Awards 2009, Nominee