A dark, dreamlike mystery plays out amidst the expansive farmlands of the American Midwest in this wondrous, storybook thriller. With her family's livelihood imperiled by the farm crisis of the 1980s, eleven-year-old Gitty (Peyton Kennedy) loses herself in a world of fantasy and make believe. But she stumbles into her own fairytale when she makes a startling discovery: a well-dressed mystery man (Richard Schiff) being held captive in her family's silo. It's the beginning of a labyrinthine journey that will turn Gitty's world upside down and force her to question her loyalty to her own family. The feature debut from director Anne Hamilton unleashes a torrent of gorgeous, stunningly surreal images as it immerses viewers in a child's imagination.
Anne Hamilton got her start in film working on Terrence Malick's THE TREE OF LIFE, where, among other things, she shipped horseshoe crabs across the country on dry ice for a shot that never made it into the film. Her first short, DEATH ARTISTS, INC., a story about an Angel of Death crafting a surprise ending for a star politician, earned her a spot in the 2013-2014 American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women. Hamilton's feature directorial debut, AMERICAN FABLE, premiered at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival and was acquired by IFC Midnight for a 2017 theatrical release. Hamilton studied at Yale Law School and worked on climate change and immigration issues. Although she no longer practices law, Hamilton still volunteers for The Innocence Project. Hamilton is from rural Wisconsin.
