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ADA/AVA
Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time in the patterns of a life built for two. However, a traveling carnival and a trip to a mirror maze plunges her into a journey across the thresholds of life and death. Set in a landscape of the New England gothic, Ada/Ava uses a story of the fantastic and super natural to explore mourning and melancholy, self and other.
“An exquisitely precise piece of visual story telling”
– The Guardian
“Manual Cinema is talent incarnate.”
– Time Out New York
Introductory Video
ADA/AVA
Awards
Winner: National Puppet Festival - Best Design
Winner: National Puppet Festival - Best of Festival
Winner: Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Sell Out Show
Time Out New York - Critic's Pick
New York Times - Critic's Pick
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