The Girl who Swallowed Bees

Tim Burton meets Alice in Wonderland inthis modern fairy tale about a bitter girl whobecomes the sweetest. The ten-year-oldprotagonist in Paul McDermott’s second shortfilm suffers from depression. Creatively, shedreams about and sketches out various waysto end her life and eventually decides that if sheswallows enough bees, surely they will stingher to death.But things don’t go according to plan in thisanimated short, narrated by Hugo Weaving(Agent Smith in “The Matrix”). Mixing clipart,real acting and a wild combination of animationtechniques, McDermott tells a beautifullybizarre story about depression, loneliness andregaining a lust for life.

Premiere Status
Nordic Premiere: Cast
Pia Miranda, Hugo Weaving: Producer
Justine Kerrigan: Script
Paul McDermott: Cinematography
Justine Kerrigan: Music
Adrian Vande Velde: Spoken language
English