Falsehood (2001 film)
Falsehood is a short film written and directed by Kenneth Lui starring Anne Welles, Mark Irvingsen, Marie-Noelle Marquis and Stuart Proffitt. Its style is a highly visual fusion of film noir against classic fairy tale motifs. It is written in the style of a courtroom drama with neo-noir elements.
Story
The film opens on an idyllic pasture where a young Bo Peep awakens from an ill-timed nap to find her sheep missing. After searching for her sheep with no luck, she finds bloody wool remains and believes that The Big Bad Wolf has eaten her flock. Years later, the grown up Bo Peep is working as a public defense attorney and confronts her own prejudice when she's assigned to defend The Big Bad Wolf in the infamous Red Riding Hood rape trial.In the tradition of fables, the film makes use of the interactions between humans and imaginary characters to explore themes of racial discrimination and hypocrisy set in a dark fairy tale world.
Cast
- Anne Welles as Little Bo Peep
- Mark Irvingsen as The Big Bad Wolf
- Marie-Noelle Marquis as Little Red Riding Hood
- Stuart Proffitt as The Hunter
- Barbara Scolaro as Storybook Hand
- Troy Barron as Bailiff
- Timothy Brennen as The Prosecutor
- Erynn Dana Dalton as Rapunzel
- Allison Ehly as Young Little Bo Peep
- Kim Farris as The Cat
- Zachary Hahn as The Judge
- Adrian Hasenmayer as Reporter
- Nancy Hasenmayer as Grandma
- Cathy King as Cinderella
- Mike Kruzel as Bailiff
- Thomas Mounkes as Bailiff
- Ariadne Shaffer as Snow White Charming
Festivals and awards
| Worldfest Houston 2001 | Platinum Award, Best Experimental Drama |
| Edgeworks Film Festival 2002 | Best of Show, Shorts Category |
| Method Fest 2002 | Best Writer/Director, Best Actress, Best Student Film, Audience Award |
| Lake Arrowhead Film Festival 2002 | |
| “Fine Cut” on PBS 2002 | |
| “Tight Shorts” UCLA-TV 2002 | |
| International Cinematographers Guild Shortfilm Showcase 2002 | Ken Glassing - Emerging Cinematographer Award |
| Cannes Film Festival 2002 | |
| Orinda Film Festival 2003 | |
| ITVfest 2011 | Best Director |