The Dollhouse
Nominees and Awards
- ★ 2025 Cannes Film Festival Immersive Competition
Synopsis
The Dollhouse is an unfolding paper world where 9-year-old Juniper begins to untangle feelings of guilt about how her family treated Magnolia, a woman who came from far away to work as a cleaner in their house. This animated interactive VR tale explores how power dynamics are born within the intimacy of our homes. While reenacting memories with her dolls, Juniper becomes ashamed of her actions and finds the courage to stand up to her parents and follow her heart. Will you help her ask for forgiveness?
Team
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Director
Charlotte BRUNEAU
Charlotte BRUNEAU is a Luxembourgish-French director and journalist. Her work explores how individuals and communities live through political and social change. Her first VR experience, The Assembly, is a multiplayer immersive journey into the power of the human voice. It was shown at several festivals in Europe and at Beyond the Frame in Japan. After several years working as a journalist in the Middle East, she currently works as a feature journalist at Luxembourg's public radio.
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Director
Dominic DESJARDINS
Dominic DESJARDINS has created innovative projects in television, cinema, and XR in Canada. After working as an actor and stage director, he went on to write and direct two feature films and multiple television programs. At Zazie Films, he co-created and directed two seasons of the TV series Paris Paris with Rayne ZUKERMAN. DESJARDINS is passionate about merging powerful storytelling with technological tools, making computers dream, and audiences feel they are a part of the story.
