HENRI FABERGÉ

The Mortal Decree (18 minutes). A demoralized soldier is lost in the wilderness, one of the few remaining in a militia for hire known as the Mortal Decree. As their deranged General pushes the ill-equipped survivors on a manic hunt for ‘the enemy’, Henri Fabergé must face the absurdity of his own mortality, experiencing the loss of his friends, of his moral compass, and of his own mind. A disturbing examination of war, power, friendship and honour, the film’s tone pivots from dark comedy to a metaphysical dream as our anti-hero is made to realize that the enemy is never what it seems. Shot on location near the French River deep in the Canadian Shield, the lush and vast natural landscape provides a neat visual pairing to the grandiose original score by multi-disciplinary artist Henri Fabergé. Filmed by Henry Sansom, costume and production design by Juliann Wilding, written and directed as a collective in collaboration with Henri Fabergé. Featuring performances by: actors/improvisers Kayla Lorette, Alex Tindal, Mark Little and Matt Lemche; actors Kristian Bruun and Tess Degenstein; visual artists Nicholas Pye and Evan Penny; performance artist Cotey Pope; musician Leslie Feist; comedians Kyle Dooley and Anders Yates.