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Section: Narrative Spotlight
Director: Anna Zlokovic
Screenwriter: Anna Zlokovic
Logline: Hannah, a young fashion designer, seems fine on the surface, but secretly struggles with debilitating self-doubt. Soon these buried feelings begin to make Hannah physically sick and sprout into a ferocious growth on her body: The Appendage. As Hannah’s health declines, The Appendage grows more powerful and begins to fuel her anxieties – her perceived lack of talent at work, her deteriorating relationships with her boyfriend and best friend, and her parents’ lack of love and understanding. At her breaking point, Hannah makes a shocking discovery— there are others out there like her.
Panelists: Anna Zlokovic, Kauser Mohammed, Brandon Michael Smith, Emily Hampshire, David Worthen Brooks
Premiered: March 11, 2023
Key Quote: Zlokovic: “I had a session in therapy a long time ago, where my therapist was like, ‘Try separating your anxiety from yourself and turn it into a separate character.’ And that character didn’t look like [the appendage], but it kind of sparked something in my brain which has now, a couple of years later, externalized into this.”
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