Project Detail

Fallax

Synopsis

An escaped prisoner flees into the Icelandic countryside. After their friends mysteriously vanish, they are pulled into a space where time and nature move differently.
A modern take on Icelandic folklore of the hidden people, featuring motion captured circus artists and realtime animation.
Official Selection Art VR Festival 2025 - International Competition - World Premiere
Official Selection Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2026

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: XR / Immersive
Running time: 23 min
Format: 6DoF
Director: Owen Hindley
Producer: Nanna Gunnars
Editor: Owen Hindley
Screenwriter: Nanna Gunnars, Owen Hindley, Bryony Livesey-Casey, Edd Livesey-Casey
Sound: Almut Schwacke, Pierre-Marie Blind
Composer: Iris Thorarins
Principal cast: Edd Livesey-Casey, Jen Robinson, Katie Hardwick
Aerial Circus Choreography: Hikapee Circus Theatre
Movement Director: Bryony Livesey-Casey
Movement Director & Performer: Edd Livesey-Casey
Art Director, Character & 3D Design: Simone Tranchina
Music Editor: Þorsteinn Eyfjörð Þórarinsson
Storyboard & Concept Art: Liam Cobb
Voice Actors: Antje Taiga Jandrig, Ástþór Ágústsson, Nanna Gunnars
Motion Capture: TARGET3D
Motion Capture Technical Director: Petros De Doncker
Motion Capture Cleanup: Hannah Burfield
Motion Capture Producer: Sarah Polak
Target3D Managing Director: Ashley Keeler
Additional Character Design: Sam Lawrence
Additional 3D Design: Svala Leaman

Genre

Adventure Climate / Environment Fantasy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Iceland, UK co-production

A Huldufugl (IS) production in co-production with Hikapee (UK), GunHil

Hikapee

Bryony Livesey-Casey, Edd Livesey-Casey

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Sales Company

Huldufugl

Nanna Gunnars
Lokastígur 7, 101 Reykjavík

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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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