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The Dream Machine

Jimmy Marble · New Zealand · Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Drama / Animation · 8 min · 10K views

Directed by Jimmy Marble · Starring Susan Berger, Alina Cutrono, Nadav Heyman, Theo Martins · 2025

A grieving young widow uses a new invention to recreate her dreams as a way to cope, until her escape begins to tear at the edges of reality.

A dreamy, visually inventive fable about grief and the temptation to retreat into a world of dreams.

A grieving young widow uses a new invention to recreate dreams in an effort to cope with her loss, but her escape soon tears at the edges of reality and the universe.

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