Selection

Screening: Student Competition 6
Germany 2022
Duration: 12:58
Directed: Jan Čapar
Screenplay: Jan Čapar
Production: Jan Čapar, Maud Heyne, Jansen Čapar

- "Fox child" tells a story about acceptance and healing facing a congenital illness. - "Fox child" tells the story of a young girl living with tourette's syndrome, a neurological disorder resulting in "tics" - seemingly involuntary twitches and movements as well as tic-like vocal expressions. Being different than the other kids her age she tries to gain acceptance but faces teasing and rejection on a daily basis. After a bad day, being rejected even by her mother, she meets a mysterious fox who leads her into a magical world inside of herself where she begins a journey to learn how to face and to accept her tics and how to gain back her confidence and self-love. (This is a student film.)