What if your body was a ticking clock you had to wind... or freeze forever?
Screw It takes us into a world in which all living creatures have a screw in their back, that has to be winded up regularly. If not, the body freezes into a lifeless doll. In the domicile of the renowned art collector Viktoria, we get to know Helen and her brother Henri, who work as assistant and butler in Viktoria's service. When the siblings want to snatch the heart of Viktoria's collection - The Golden Tit - the renowned art collector is facing the end of her great career. Helen and Henri confront Viktoria with her dark past and teach her a ribald lesson.
Production
Ingenious clockwork world-building on a shoestring.
Costume
Visible back-screws that sell the entire premise instantly.
Director
Vincent Dolinsek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Vincent Dolinsek built the screw mechanisms from vintage clock parts over three months.
The film premiered at Fantoche Animation Festival, where audiences debated whether the screw metaphor represents capitalism or mortality — Dolinsek refused to answer.
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