CANADA | 2025 | 114 MINUTES | 2K | English
A 1990s art student uses a lucid dreaming elixir to break through her creative blocks and finds herself trapped in a surreal dreamscape where her inner demons become real life monsters.
Directed and written by Deanna Milligan & Ramsey Fendall
Produced by Emmanuel Foucault
It’s 1994, and art student Mia Sunshine Jones must pass her self portrait project or be kicked out of school. The problem is that she can’t seem to figure out who the hell she really is. She is desperate to break free of her terrible creative block and finds her last hope in a magical Lucid Dreaming Elixir. The potion sparks her creativity but also unleashes dark monsters from her subconscious. As Mia battles these creatures, including a Fried Chicken Monster, her art flourishes! When her estranged mother appears as a hairy monster, Mia must face the truth about her past.
DEANNA MILLIGAN / Director and Writer
Deanna Milligan is a Canadian filmmaker and actor with a focus on genre storytelling and analog film. She co-directed the award-winning short Lucid (2021) with Ramsey Fendall, which screened worldwide including Fantasia, Fantastic Fest, and was featured on Vimeo’s Short of the Week. The pitch for the feature film version of LUCID was selected for the Frontières Shorts to Features Lab (2022) and the Sitges FanPitch( 2022). Lucid marks Milligan’s debut as a feature film director.
RAMSEY FENDALL / Director and Writer
Ramsey Fendall has worked for over 20 years as a cinematographer, director, producer and editor. Along with Deanna Milligan, he is a co-founder of Sublunar Films, a Victoria, Canada-based production company. Ramsey’s work has screened at TIFF, Telluride, New York Film Festival, Fantasia, SXSW, and the Museum of Modern Art. Ramsey and Deanna co-directed Lucid, a feature film currently screening festivals worldwide.
EMMANUEL FOUCAULT / Producer
Emanuel Foucault graduated from Concordia University with a BA in political science in 2017. Since then, he has immersed in various film projects and stage plays, undertaking a variety of roles as actor, writer, editor and producer. Emanuel’s short film, Washer, was screened at Hollyshorts in 2023, and he is in post production on Day 3, a horror short set in a tree planting camp. Lucid was his first time producing a feature film.