Blaze

Story

In her debut feature, Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton combines live action with puppetry and animation, and uses fascinating imagery to dive deep into a girl’s emotional landscape. 12-year old Blaze is lovingly brought up by her father and lives in her own imaginary cocoon. When she witnesses a brutal crime in the street, she returns home shattered and tries to comprehend what she has seen in terms of her childish naïvety. In the face of Luke, trying to do what he thinks best for his daughter, police stations, doctors’ diagnoses, therapists and lawyers, Blaze escapes into her own lively imagination.

Director

DEL KATHRYN BARTON (*1972 in Sydney) is an Australian artist whose work has already twice won the renowned Archibald Prize. Her debut as a film director came in 2014 with the short The Nightingale and the Rose, which was shown at the Berlinale and other festivals.

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