BARE BONES
Once there was and once there was not, a woman who swallowed a bee.
BARE BONES is an experimental short film written, directed and scored by DEBBY FRIDAY.Conceived during the Covid-19 lockdown and shot in Vancouver, BC on 16mm, the film tells the story of a young woman who swallows a bee and begins to undergo a hallucinatory and transformative experience.
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BARE BONES is an experimental short film written, directed and scored by DEBBY FRIDAY. Conceived during the Covid-19 lockdown and shot in Vancouver, BC on 16mm, the film tells the story of a young woman who swallows a bee and begins to undergo a hallucinatory and transformative experience. Abstract visual sequences depict time and space fracturing around her as she succumbs to wave after wave of pure feeling.
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- Release date
- Sep 8, 2020
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- 0h 9m
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- Language
- English
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