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From its opening moments, Moon Garden invites you into a secret world. It is a world seen through the eyes of a four year old that carries its own magic even before the tragic events that kick the plot into motion take place. It is a world where imagination can make anything possible, where make-believe is as real as anything and where the purest form of home and safety reside in the love of a little girls’ parents.

Written and directed by Ryan Stevens Harris, Moon Garden is a visually-stunning and heartfelt journey through the darkness and back home. Emma (Haven Lee Harris) lives a happy life with her parents. Well, almost happy. Her parents are both loving, wonderful people in their own right, who both clearly care for Emma a great deal. But it’s clear from the first few moments that their marriage is crumbling. Her father Alex...

Stars: Haven Lee Harris, Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Morgana Ignis, Maria Olsen, Téa Mckay, Timothy Lee DePriest, Angelica Ulloa, Phillip E. Walker, Emily Meister | Written and Directed by Ryan Stevens Harris

Anyone who grew up in a dysfunctional household knows just how traumatic childhood can be. In Moon Garden, writer/director Ryan Stevens Harris visualizes those traumas as the nightmarish denizens of the dark, industrial wasteland that a young girl finds herself trapped in.

Emma lives with her parents Sara and Alex. They love Emma, but they don’t love each other anymore. After getting a scare one night she runs to their room, only to encounter something even scarier, the two of them in the midst of a loud, intense argument. Running from it she trips and takes a fall down the stairs which leaves her in a coma. Her struggle to awake from it becomes a nightmarish trip...

There’s nothing like a young, naïve protagonist to introduce viewers to a fantasy world where the rules are uncertain and everything is full of wonder. It’s no wonder, then, that child protagonists have traditionally been popular in the genre, in both literature and film, even in stories which are really aimed at adults. What’s rare is to see a film whose creators have really understood that a child is not just a small adult – that as well as having limited knowledge, children have a completely different way of relating to the world, an animal perspective which only time will tame. Ryan Stevens Harris’ Moon Garden invites viewers to explore not only another world but a very different perspective.

First of all, it has to be said that none of this would be possible without Haven Lee Harris, the most extraordinary preschool age child actor since Woodrow Graves in 2017’s [film.

Fantasy, sci-fi, and horror collide in Ryan Stevens Harris‘ Moon Garden, which Oscilloscope Laboratories will be releasing in theaters next month. While we wait, Bloody Disgusting has been provided with the film’s brand new official poster, which you’ll exclusively find below.

Bloody Disgusting can report that Moon Garden, which stars Haven Lee Harris, Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, and Maria Olsen, will be opening theatrically at New York City’s IFC Center on May 19th, with screenings on May 19th and 20th in 35mm!

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Moon Garden is also releasing at Drafthouse Los Angeles on May 26.

The film begins when a little girl has a terrible accident and slips into a coma where she finds herself thrust into a darkly surreal industrial dreamworld.

“Haunted by a nightmarish spectre that feeds off her tears, she must follow her mother’s radio-static voice to find her way back to consciousness.

Ryan Stevens Harris' Moon Garden will be released by Oscilloscope this Spring and we have a look at the absolutely mesmerising new trailer!

"When a little girl has a terrible accident and slips into a coma, she finds herself thrust into a darkly surreal industrial dreamworld. Haunted by a nightmarish spectre that feeds off her tears, she must follow her mother’s radio-static voice to find her way back to consciousness. Shot on expired 35mm film stock with vintage rehoused lenses, Moon Garden is a fantastical odyssey and a visionary, handcrafted, and fully practical work of art that shows how a child can shine light even in the darkest places."

Written and Directed by Ryan Stevens Harris Produced by John Michael Elfers Starring Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Haven Lee Harris, Maria Olsen, Timothy Lee Depriest, Philip E. Walker, and Morgana Ignis

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"Where you are, Emma – be strong, be brave." Oscilloscope Labs has revealed an official trailer for an indie fantasy surreal thriller titled Moon Garden, from a filmmaker named Ryan Stevens Harris. This played at a number of film festivals last year, including Dances with Films, and is out in limited theaters sometime int he next few months. A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland (featuring stop-motion creations) to find her way back to consciousness. It was shot on 35mm with vintage rehoused lenses, giving this "fantastical odyssey" a handcrafted feeling, with fully practical FX in this story about how a child can shine light even in the darkest places. Haven Lee Harris stars as Emma, with Augie Duke, Brionne Davis, Maria Olsen, Timothy Lee DePriest, Philip E. Walker, and Margana Ignis. It has quite a few positive reviews: "Trauma though a child’s vivid imagination, where memories, joy and fear meld into fantastical,...

Founded in 2014, FilmQuest Film Festival is known for highlighting and celebrating the majesty of genre filmmaking in the realms of fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. Highlighted at the 2022 FilmQuest Festival was Ryan Stevens Harris’ fantasy “Moon Garden.”

Harris, who is known best for his editing work on “Moonfall,” directed, edited, and wrote “Moon Garden.” The film stars Haven Lee Harris as a five-year-old girl who slips into a coma after a terrible accident at home and then has to journey through an industrial dream world to find her way back to consciousness.

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Company plans theatrical release, starts international sales at market.

Oscilloscope has acquired worldwide rights from Fire Trial Films to Ryan Stevens Harris’s Moon Garden and has begun talks with international buyers at the AFM.

The company plans a traditional theatrical release in 2023 on the story of a five-year-old girl from a troubled home who falls into a coma after an accident at home and enters a fantastical industrial wonderland on her journey back to consciousness.

Director Ryan Stevens Harris shot Moon Garden on expired 35mm film stock with vintage lenses, and used stop-motion animation, practical effects, and miniatures. The cast includes Haven Lee Harris,...