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Tylwyth Teg & the Vial

Secrets are contained in ancient trees. One cut...and all is lost. When a forester makes that cut, serious consequences befall and irrevocably prevail! This avant -garde original screenplay conjurs a plethora of enchantments and fantasy presented in experimental film noir to create a theme with a philosophical moral to ponder, much like all the fairy tales we know and love.

  • Kishe Caelan Wallace
    Director
    To Invoke Requiem, Sea Gives, Sea Takes
  • Michelle Hotaling
    Director
  • Kishe Caelan Wallace
    Writer
    To Invoke Requiem, Sea Gives, Sea Takes
  • Kishe Caelan Wallace
    Producer
    To Invoke Requiem, Sea Gives, Sea Takes
  • Michelle Hotaling,
    Key Cast
    The Gossip Girl (Beatrice), The West Wing (President Bartlett's Daughter), DNA: Guilty or Innocent (Susan),
  • Kishe Caelan Wallace
    Key Cast
    Alias (CIA Agent), Nash Bridges (,Animal Rights Protester) Scene of the Crime (MFTV movie) 'Vicky Elliot', (CBS) Victoria Secret (National Commercial) as a background Model, Sea Gives, Sea Takes (film short),as 'Keelin McNeely' & To Invoke Requiem (film short) as 'Amanda'
  • Mark Allen Wallace
    Key Cast
    Sea Gives, Sea Takes (Lochlainn) & To Invoke Requiem (Jack)
  • Beau Korson
    Key Cast
    To Invoke Requiem Film Short) as 'Roger' & Track Runner
  • Emily Weber
    Key Cast
    To Invoke Requiem
  • Kinsale Reilly Wallace
    Key Cast
    Sea Gives, Sea Takes (film short) as 'Clothra'
  • Colten Victor Wallace
    Key Cast
  • Evelyn Weber
    Key Cast
  • Meghan Land
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Silent Fantasy/gothic/avant garde
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 2, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    200 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Los Angeles Cinefest Film Festival 2017
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Los Angeles, California
    Semi-Finalist
  • Soo Film Festival 2016
    Sault Sainte Marie
    United States
    September 18, 2016
  • I phone film festival 2016
  • Post Mortem International horror and bizarre short film fest 2016
    Praque
    Czech Republic
    February 4, 2022
    Official selection
  • Caribbean Film Festival & Market, 2017
    Freeport
    Bahamas
    March 28, 2017
    Grand Lucayan Resort, Freeport
    Semi Finalist
  • I phone film festival/Mozi Motion 2017

    United States
    Official Selection
  • Hollywood Screenings Film Festival 2017
    Hollywood
    United States
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Kishe Caelan Wallace, Michelle Hotaling

It's 'giiiirl power' all around here! Kishe Caelan Wallace of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan directs her third film short, 'Tylwyth Teg & the Vial' with collaborating New York City director, and long time friend, Michelle Hotaling. This is Hotaling's directing debut, but she is no stranger to the entertainment industry. Her background includes a robust singing, acting, and modeling career in addition to launching a successfully written publication of random house, 'Bette or Bust.'

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Director Statement

We wanted to create something avant-garde and unorthodox in relationship to silent film noir, utilizing color splash technology. The uniqueness of this film breaks through in the end when the voice of Tylwyth Teg shatters through the image of the screen, as we realize that moral consequence suddenly takes on a deafening form in a very magical reality. This film short is shot both in New York and Michigan's North country, in the heart of the upper peninsula. Inspired by Tim Burton , you will notice a Gothic like influence running through the vein of this production.