REIMAGINED VOLUME 1: NYSSA
Genre
Fantasy and Animation
Running time
30 minutes
Year
2022
Language
English
Country
United States of America (USA)
Director
Julie Cavaliere
Bio
Producer
Michaela Ternasky-Holland, Ryan Genji Thomas, Julie Cavaliere, Peter Ariet
Cast
Scriptwriter
Julie Cavaliere
Inspired by the Brothers Grimm folktale, A Tale of the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, the story follows Nyssa, a fearless yet naive young witch who leaves her whimsical village in order to find her best friend, a toy broom named...Broom. On the way, she meets a familiar spirit, Blue and together they travel into the depths of the dark migration. Can Nyssa learn the meaning of fear and intuition in time to save her village?
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