The Story of The Cricket Queen
Director: Natalie Peracchio
United States, 2025, 4 min
Shooting Format:Super 8
Festival Year:2026
Category:Experimental
Genres:Comedy, Documentary, Animation, Experimental
Cast:Natalie Peracchio
Crew:Writer: Natalie Peracchio. Animation: Natalie Peracchio; Sound Design: Mike Hallenbeck
Email:nperacchio@gmail.com
Synopsis
The “Story of The Cricket Queen” recreates digital media tropes, trends, and aesthetics with analog film techniques.
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About the director
Natalie Peracchio is an LA based filmmaker and animator with a background in experimental and DIY filmmaking. Her film work embraces physical media and recontextualizes archival materials found in films and books to craft new meanings and reshape histories.
Filmmaker's note
Through a hybrid of performance, hand drawn animation, Super 8 and archival footage, the film attempts to reinterpret a collage of internet cultures and capture the specific uncanny, hypnotic, and isolating feeling of consuming media in the digital age.