The Crooked Eye is a 20-minute drama film

Film

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 short adapted, directed and edited by D. C. Douglas

D. C. Douglas

D.C. Douglas is an American character actor, voice actor, and director now living in Los Angeles. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California. His father was a salesman, and his mother was an artist and writer. His grandparents were vaudeville performers...

. It is based on the short story

Short story

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 of the same name by Betty Malicoat. In 2009 the film won for Best Animated Short at the Red Rock Film Festival

Red Rock Film Festival

Red Rock Film Festival is an international film festival in Southern Utah in the United States. Held annually in November, in St. George, Ivins, and Springdale by Zion National Park, the festival introduces the area to new international and US independent film...

 in Utah

Utah

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.

Synopsis

The Crooked Eye follows a quiet woman through her daily drudgery while persistent memories of a recently unraveled marriage dreamily connect the guilty moments that made her world so unreal and unreliable.

Cast

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt

Linda Hunt is an American film, stage and television actress. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye , Hunt portrayed Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance in The Year of Living Dangerously...

 ... Sharon's Narrator

Fay Masterson

Fay Masterson

Fay Masterson is an English film, television and video-game actress. She is also a voice actor.-Career:Masterson's performance career began as a dancer which she gave up at age 11 to attend the Brite Lites Academy in Eltham, Southeast London...

 ... Sharon

Katherine Boecher

Katherine Boecher

Katherine Boecher, is an American Actress, who has performed in CSI: New York, Mad Men, Supernatural and The Spy Next Door.-Early life:...

 ... Rosemary

D. C. Douglas

D. C. Douglas

D.C. Douglas is an American character actor, voice actor, and director now living in Los Angeles. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California. His father was a salesman, and his mother was an artist and writer. His grandparents were vaudeville performers...

 ... Frank

Joe Duer ... Roy

Clement Blake ... Wayne

Monnae Michaell ... Sharon's Supervisor

Ari Barak ... Sharon's Doctor

Robin Daléa ... Sharon's Tough Co-Worker

Karen McClain ... Sharon's Loud Co-Worker

Awards

• Won Grand Jury Prize at Red Rock Film Festival
  Red Rock Film Festival
  Red Rock Film Festival is an international film festival in Southern Utah in the United States. Held annually in November, in St. George, Ivins, and Springdale by Zion National Park, the festival introduces the area to new international and US independent film...
  
   (2009)
• Won Best Screenplay in a HD Short at HDFest (2009)
• Won the STIFFY Award at Seattle True Independent Film Festival (2009)

Trivia

The movie was filmed entirely on green screen

Green Screen

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. All the environments were animated in post.

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