Blue Egg

Blue Egg

Here lies intimacy on the margins, where the material and immaterial collide.

2024 · 32 min · Fantasy, Romance, Drama, Animation

A queer stop-motion animation live-action hybrid film following four women in a surrealist parallel narrative unconstricted to heteronormative space and time.

Directed by Leila Helena Grillo · Written by Leila Helena Grillo

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