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Sarah leaves her exciting life as an activist and artist in 90s San Francisco to return to the small, conservative hometown she fled when Alzheimer\u2019s begins to erode her mother\u2019s vibrant personality. Forced to grow up quickly, she juggles a new relationship, long-held career ambitions, and an eccentric family she literally follows to Mexico and back in a last-ditch effort to make them take the situation seriously. Confronting a disorienting reality she can\u2019t control, Sarah must find her footing, learning to accept her mother\u2019s decline and the imperfect beauty of her family, in order to become the daughter they need.<\/p>\n
\nDirected by:<\/strong> Leah Nelson My approach to the visual treatment was inspired by the way a single panel in the comic could make you understand viscerally what the protagonist, Sarah, was feeling. I made the decision to exist solely inside the psyche and memories of our lead, never being without her, and ensuring that we are always experiencing the scene from her perspective. I didn\u2019t want to tell what happened, but rather what it felt like for her.<\/p>\n We crafted a world both grounded in reality and wildly unhinged, offering a window not into the mind of the Alzheimer\u2019s sufferer, but into that of our fiercely loving, imaginative, neurotic, and beautifully flawed protagonist. Visually, I wanted to retain the grittiness of a hand-drawn comic while building out a world that was rich and cinematic. Working with the most talented designers, animators, editors, and sound designers, we all embraced the mantra \u201ckeep Tangles weird\u201d and committed to serving the story first. Choosing stark black and white, with small whispers of colour only when Sarah\u2019s emotions overspill, was an easy decision and one that was right up the alley of our Art Director, Manddy Wyckens. It allowed us to focus on giving every shot a rich cinematic treatment and to delve deep into Sarah\u2019s anxieties and fears using the limitless medium of animation.<\/p>\n At its heart, this film is about the creative ways we learn to cope and realize what\u2019s truly important. It was handmade by talented humans who poured their hearts into it, and I hope that it moves you, holds you, and sets you down gently.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text] [vc_row] [vc_column] [vc_column_text] TANGLES Canada, USA | 2026 | 102′ In English with Slovenian subtitles ABOUT THE FILM Sarah leaves her exciting life as an activist and artist in 90s San Francisco to return to the small, conservative hometown she fled when Alzheimer\u2019s begins to erode her mother\u2019s vibrant personality. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template_page-builder.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28806,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28805\/revisions\/28806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWritten by:<\/strong> Leah Nelson, Sarah Leavitt, Trev Renney
\nBased on the graphic memoir:<\/strong> Sarah Leavitt, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me
\nMusic:<\/strong> Dan Romer
\nEditing:<\/strong> David Avery
\nSound Design:<\/strong> Miguel Araujo
\nArt Director:<\/strong> Manddy Wyckens
\nAnimation Director:<\/strong> Eric Bofa Nfon
\nProducers:<\/strong> Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee, Lauren Miller Rogen, Jennifer W. Ray, Jay Grandin, Teresa Toews, Leah Nelson, Ross Murray, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
\nProduction:<\/strong> Monarch Media, Point Grey Pictures, Giant Ant Films, Lylas Pictures
\nCast:<\/strong> Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Abbi Jacobson, Bryan Cranston, Beanie Feldstein, Seth Rogen, Samira Wiley, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Bowen Yang, Pamela Adlon, Fern Grandin\n<\/p>\nDIRECTOR’S STATEMENT<\/h2>\n
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