Project Detail

All That is Solid Melts Into Air

A woman with her head turned around looking behind her. She is in a plain white studio background, she has medium length brown hair half tied up half let down, and has blue eyes

Synopsis

Mina, a young production assistant on a TV set is ready to take a step up in the world, she is desperate to know what goes on behind The Black Door, the place where senior staff, like Dara, Mina’s friendly rival, are only allowed access to. The Black Door teases her, tempting her with what she desires.

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 min 55 sec
Director: Darcy Dear
Producer: Darcy Dear
Co-Producer: Sam Rooke
Editor: Izzy Melder
Screenwriter: Darcy Dear
Director of Photography: Matthew Smith
Production Designer: Caitlin Brunt
Sound: Cormac Leney, Carl Brannan
Composer: Thomas Owen Evans
Principal cast: Emily Kennedy, Rebekah Talbot, Olivia Henty

Genre

Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Darcy Dear

drcydear@gmail.com

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Set in the summer of 2000, 14 year old Lucian explores his sexuality through fantasy in a pre-internet world. Lucian is a 14 year closeted gay kid going through puberty. He doesn’t know how to communicate in a world that doesn’t speak his language so he lives in isolation, observing the world as an outsider. With the fear of ever exposing who he really is, Lucian seeks comfort in fantasy and lives his life in a daydream.

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