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Inside: The Childhood of an Artist

A small girl holds the hand of a man in a dark coat, carrying a suitcase. They walk towards a man in a grey suit standing by a wooden desk in a dimly lit, formal reception room.

Synopsis

An evocative virtual reality experience from director Sacha Wares with music by Dan Jones and Evelyn Glennie.
For the first seven years of her childhood, American artist Judith Scott shared a bed with the twin sister who adored her. One night, everything changed.
This beautiful multi-sensory biography transports you to a sun-kissed 1950’s family home in Ohio, placing you at the heart of Judith Scott’s devastating story of love and separation.
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2026

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Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: XR / Immersive
Running time: 18 min
Format: multisensory linear VR combining volumetric and motion capture
Director: Sacha Wares
Executive Producer: Sacha Wares
Sound: Gareth Fry
Composer: Dan Jones, Evelyn Glennie
Principal cast: Evelyn Binyon, Henry Brown, Jasmine Cassidy-Rice, Sarah Cameron, Angela Clerkin, Reuben Dallinger, Gemma Harvey, Ivor Hogg, Mia Hornby, Robyn Kingsford, Matt Kyle, Jodie McNee, Gerard McDermott, Lindy Pieri, Imogen Reid, Poppie-Mai Reeds-McLean, Nicholas Tizzard, Jack Walter-Nelson
Other Lead Creative(s): VR Production Partner: All Seeing Eye
Specialist Advisor: Joyce Scott
Research Designer: Ultz
Movement Director & Technical Staging: Leon Baugh
Costume Designer: Sarah Booth
Costume Supervisor: Rachael Ryan
Hair, Wigs and Make-Up: Brianna Seymour
Title treatment and end credits: Ben Glover
First Assistant Director: Hana Pascal Keegan
Second Assistant Director: Sara Al Ghanem
XR Producer / Lead Host: Ben Smith
Audio Description Script: Louise Fryer
Audio Description Narrator: Joyce Scott
BSL translation (onboarding video): Patrick Rosenburg

Genre

Biography Disabilities Docufiction Experimental Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Created with support from Bristol Old Vic, MyWorld

Trial and Error Studio

Sacha Wares

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