What if Twin Peaks had a baby with a broken CRT television and an existential crisis?
Animation feature based on the popular web series. This long-running surrealist, avant-garde animation project follows weary, elderly Henry and his enigmatic, shape-shifting companion Mischief as they navigate a desolate, glitching version of 1940s/50s Canada. Born from the aftermath of a fictionalized Philadelphia Experiment, this “hauntological” landscape is a fractured reality where historical nostalgia merges with cosmic horror. Through Justin Tomchuk’s signature lo-fi animation and atmospheric Hexsystem soundtrack, INTERFACE explores profound philosophical themes of memory, identity, and the absurdity of existence. Ultimately, it chronicles a journey to find meaning amidst the disintegrating universe.
Direction
Tomchuk's singular vision from YouTube obscurity
Sound
Hexsystem score that crawls under your skin
Production
DIY aesthetic that weaponizes its own limitations
Director
Justin Tomchuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomchuk animated entire sequences on a dying laptop during power outages, baking the instability into the aesthetic.
The 'hauntology' label isn't pretension—it's directly referencing Mark Fisher's writings on lost futures and cultural stagnation.
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