2026 Official Selection: Animation – Short
A surreal mythology following the journey of a firstborn child.
- Director(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Writer(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Editor(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Cinematographer(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Production Designer(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Sound Designer(s): Olivia G Porrill
- Composer(s): James Gray Gasket Gordon
Language: No Dialogue
Runtime: 9m
Country: United States
Los Angeles Premiere
Synopsis: A firstborn child is delivered into a strange world. After passing the first threshold of birth, she must encounter a new one: what lies beyond the world that she was born into, and what the consequences are if she does not pass through. A mythology on the right of passage of a child who must become their own being, and the unique circumstance of being the first child to endure it.
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