An Artist’s Curse
Synopsis
A sinister force lurks within the artwork of a 10-year-old girl, binding her to a terror that refuses to fade. Years later, as she becomes a mother, the nightmares of her childhood bleed into her present, blurring the line between delusion and reality. When the truth about her daughter emerges, art and horror collide in a revelation too shocking to escape.
Director Statement An Artist’s Curse tells the story of a melancholic Mother Sonya, who sees the world from the P.O.V of her mentally impaired mind as she tries to unravel the shocking truth about her daughter. It is a story about grief, personal demons and how we see the world from a different colour when experiencing mental trauma or suffering deeply. We all have the capacity to see things from a different perspective when clinically depressed or broken. This is what the film is about. I wanted to create a story whereby the viewer bakes in the mind of an unfulfilled, artistic Mother, suffering from the loss of her child who has gone missing, who is trying desperately to regain her memory. We live in her fantasy, in her imaginations and in her delusions whilst discovering the influence of her childhood trauma.
Director Statement An Artist’s Curse tells the story of a melancholic Mother Sonya, who sees the world from the P.O.V of her mentally impaired mind as she tries to unravel the shocking truth about her daughter. It is a story about grief, personal demons and how we see the world from a different colour when experiencing mental trauma or suffering deeply. We all have the capacity to see things from a different perspective when clinically depressed or broken. This is what the film is about. I wanted to create a story whereby the viewer bakes in the mind of an unfulfilled, artistic Mother, suffering from the loss of her child who has gone missing, who is trying desperately to regain her memory. We live in her fantasy, in her imaginations and in her delusions whilst discovering the influence of her childhood trauma.
Cast & Crew
Steven J Mihaljevich – Director – The Xrossing, Violett
Steven J Mihaljevich – Writer – The Xrossing, Violett
Jay Jay Jegathesan – Producer – The Saint, Soul Catcher, The Quiet, iRony, Bird Drone
Jay Jay Jegathesan – Key Cast – “Demon Artist” The Saint, Soul Catcher, The Quiet, iRony, Bird Drone
Georgia Eyres – Key Cast – “Sonya”
Valentina Blagojevic – Key Cast – “Daughter”
Mani Shanks – Key Cast – “Sonya as a Child”
Simon Carter – Key Cast – “Father”
Helena Polley – Production Design
Shane Piggott – Director of Photography
Ben Chase – Original Music
Steven J Mihaljevich – Original Music
Steven J Mihaljevich – Editor
Radheya Jegatheva – A/Producer
