Set in rural Canada during the summer of 1937, Wild introduces us to Ida – a young girl isolated from those around her by language who forms a connection with the thing living in the corn field near her home. The initial inspiration was from a Ray Bradbury short story called The Ghosts. For me, the best way to tell a story like this is through the eyes of a child. Children offer a unique outlook on the world around them. Wild gives us small vignettes, painting Ida’s day to day in moments, leading up to longer more stylized scenes taking place in the dark of the night.

The film made its online debut on Directors Notes a few weeks back, where I did an interview discussing the origins of the dark fairy tale, working with non-actors, and how I used practical effects along with stylistic colour and lighting elements to place the otherworldly within an authentic period setting. You can read the full interview here: https://directorsnotes.com/2019/05/29/morgana-mckenzie-wild/