Synopsis
A dying man seeks the ultimate release: a birth in reverse.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
SXSW, USA, 2026 (World Premiere)
Written and directed by: Emily Lawson
Cast: Grace Glowicki, Julian Richings, Nicolette Pearse, Harrison Browne, Ted Charette
DOP: Gabriela Osio Vanden
Editing: Daniel Haack
Sound design: Evan Jerred
Set design: Ashley Frederick
Original music: Spencer Creaghan
Production: Lucy Belgum, Emily Lawson (Lawsonian)
Version
Original: English
French subtitles
Format
1,85 / 5.1
H264, ProRes, DCP
Emily Lawson is a neurodiverse Toronto-based filmmaker whose work explores embodied storytelling. Her practice spans directing, writing, and performance to examine how emotion manifests through the body. She is in pre-production for Polycepolis, a movement-based exploration of neurodivergence and coupledom and in development for Unicorn, her debut feature, an autobiographical metaphysical comedy about surviving childhood cancer.
