Aislinn Evans

Screenplay (15m). Written during DYSPLA storymakers residency. A young single mother slowly comes to the realisation that her child isn’t normal. She’s worried. She tries everything she can to make her child normal, so they can survive in the world. As her mental state deteriorates, she becomes distanced from her support networks. She hears whispers about changelings, and tries to catch her child out as a changeling. When nothing works, she has one final trick. Following traditional guidance, she leaves the changeling child on a hill overnight. She waits by the door for her true child to return to her. She keeps waiting.

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