A child's crayon sketch becomes a weapon in this 18-minute gut punch.
Munted is an unusual, multi-award winning, short film about an accusation of pedophilia and its terrible consequences. Set in 1961 in a remote rural community, it tells the story of a ten-year old girl and her friendship with a brain damaged artist. Told through erosions between film and drawing the film is a lyrical and brutal account of the cost of rumour and prejudice.
Direction
Welby Ings merges crayon and celluloid like trauma bleeding into memory.
Cinematography
1961 New Zealand isolation rendered in suffocating widescreen scope.
Director
Welby Ings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Set in 1961, the film reflects New Zealand's mid-century rural conservatism and suspicion of outsiders—particularly those with disabilities or artistic inclinations.
Welby Ings drew every crayon frame himself, spending months on a technique that appears for mere seconds—an artistic obsession mirroring Don's own.
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