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The Essence Of Youth ()
Directed by Ruaidhri Guest
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
2026. Wales, United Kingdom. The life of young and naive AVA HOWELL (18) is unsettled when everything she thought she knew about her childhood unravels. After waking up in a dark void, Ava is forced to face her subconscious trauma through vivid and uncanny dreamscapes in order to discover the truth about her mother KIRSTY HOWELL (38). The Essence Of Youth is an ambitious surrealist MA student film that utilises virtual production, motion capture and locations around Cardiff to tell the story. This film does not use AI in any capacity from pre-production all the way to post-production.
Cast
Felix Atlas Edwards
Ava Howell
C
Carys Marshall
Kirsty Howell
I
India
Young Ava Howell
R
River Pappouli
Supporting Artist
Rhiannon Bringhurst
Supporting Artist
A
Alex Torretti
Supporting Artist
R
Ruaidhri Guest
Supporting Artist
R
Ruaidhri Guest
Motion Capture Artist
A
Alex Torretti
Motion Capture Artist
Elsa Wagnon
Motion Capture Artist
Felix Atlas Edwards
Motion Capture Artist
Crew
- Director
- Ruaidhri Guest
- Writer
- Kayleigh Skidmore, Jessica Mali Celyn Thomas
- Director of Photography
- Alex Torretti
- Editor
- Cofi Chater-Jackson
- Producer
- Maria Calado, Rhiannon Bringhurst
Details
- Genres
- Horror, Drama, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $558