Brian F. Devaney

5 short films, from 5 directors and 4 different countries on the theme of the Alter-Ego. The "Alter Ego Film Project" is inspired by the spirit of Maya Deren and her way of making films. Between double personality, secret identity, doppelgänger and impossible love we have discovered several unconventional stories halfway between narrative and experimental.

A dark adult fairy tale. A hallucinatory trip through the night. Exploring otherworldly scenes of kink, gender-swapping, loss, mental illness and loneliness.

Following a period of rehabilitation, Elisa returns to her ancestral stately home, Stradbally, where she is haunted by acute anxiety, mental illness, and struggles with addiction. Despite the tender ministrations of Mary, the devoted housekeeper, she finds herself unravelling as reality and imagination blur and the paintings in her…