The Mushpit
Directed by Thibault Picquoin
Hosted by Filmmaker/Director Thibault Picquoin
Honors
Best art direction
Director
Thibault Picquoin
Producer
Concordia University, Mel Hoppenheim
Writer
Thibault Picquoin
Cast
Lucas Ditecco, Alina Joy Vartanian
Sound Designer
Lucas Ditecco, Michael Hajj, Thibault Picquoin
contact
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Jimmy G. Fungus is a young mushroom stuck in the lowest pit of existence: the Mushpit, a place where everyone he loved met their demise, full of creeps, and where the light never reaches. After another night of heavy drinking in a bar, a stranger calls him out on his cowardice and the dream he gave up on, due to the loss of a dear friend and his grief. This confrontation hits jimmy deeply, triggering a trippy existential crisis where he meet his decisded friend telling him to realize his dream. Once awaken from this mental journey, Jimmy decides to leave the mushpit to pursue his dream of reaching the surface and seeing the flowers there.
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