Directed by Lasha Mowchun

Logline: Imaginary love is better than real loneliness.

Synopsis: Hue Quilted Windowpane follows a lonely woman who falls in love with the man of her dreams; Elvis Presley. Elvis appears to Edi on her living room television and whispers sweet nothings that only she can hear. He even dazzles her with a real cubic zirconia ring! But when he promises to come to visit Edi, she must wait to see if the man of her dreams will appear in reality.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 5 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental, Narrative, Fiction
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: English
LOCATION: Manitoba
TECHNIQUES: Live Action, Choreographed, Visual Effects
KEYWORDS: Cultural Analysis, Fantasy, Feminism, Film / Video Art, Gender, Human Rights, Music, Romance, Self, Sexuality, Women, Elvis, Mental Health, Aging, Schizophrenia, Delusions, LGBTQ Filmmaker, Female Filmmaker

Director's Statement: I grew up as the daughter of a psychiatrist worried that like many of my family members, I would one day become schizophrenic. My dad would often tell me frightening stories about people suffering which scare me because I am genetically predisposed to schizophrenia.

One story my dad told me stuck out in my mind because unlike the others it wasn't really negative. It was actually kind of fun. One of his patients was a very sweet older woman who had suffered with schizophrenia her whole life but managed to retain her gentle demeanor. Some of her delusions seemed kind of pleasant. The little birds outside her window would talk to her. This film is based off of a particularly dazzling auditory hallucination. She was a big Elvis fan and when she put on her pantyhose she said she could hear Elvis singing in her legs. Imagine being able to hear music through your legs! This idea made the illness seem less damaging. In this film I explore the potentials of altered perception to teach us new things about the body and love.