PROJECT GALLERY

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A House on Fire

A woman plagued by a rare curse sets out on a journey to find a way to break it before it kills her.

CAUSE: Health & Well-being, Human Rights & Civil Liberties
CATEGORY: Film/Video
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Nicole Melillo

“A House on Fire” is an allegorical feature film script set in a world where trauma and mental illness are represented as “curses.” It follows a woman plagued by a rare curse of fire. She and her friends set out in search of help, discovering she is a “Cursebreaker” – someone who has the ability to break their curse and prevent it from being passed on. However, this means the curse manifests in the most destructive ways possible, typically killing its host and endangering those around them.

The group must learn to find strength and safety within each other as trials of conflict challenge the very fundamentals of who they are. Scars are reopened, nightmares become reality, and the world around them goes up in flames. Can our hero burn the parts of herself needed to break her curse, or will she end up losing herself in the fire…