Theatre & Film

One-handed Witch

ONE-HANDED WITCH is a silent film with shadow puppets and live musical score performed by a band of witches. Synopsis? A fiery witch loses her hand to an angry mob, tames wild beasts in the forest, and starts hustling small town folk and casinos out of all their money, with one hand. The tale of savagery and survival is a collaboration with shadow puppet artists Rita Deiola and Sara Draghi in Italy.

ONE-HANDED WITCH was selected by the Random Acts of Terror Film Festival, the Wasteland Film Festival, San Francisco Art House Festival, The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival and the Paris International Short Festival. By special invitation, she was also screened with a live musical score at the 9th Annual New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival.

ONE-HANDED WITCH features a silent film, shadow puppets and circus acts. And the cast …

CREATIVE

Creative:

Writer - Samson Y Hiss
Director - Samson Y Hiss
Composer - Samson Y Hiss
Shadow Puppets - Rita Deiola and Sara Draghi
Manipulation - Rita Deiola and Sara Draghi
Video Editor - Marco Samsoni

Live Musicians:

Electric Organ - Paul Dab
Percussion - Samson Y Hiss
One-Man Band - Samson Y Hiss

Circus Performers:

Unicycle - Samson Y Hiss

Awards;

BEST ANIMATED SHORT by Oakland Film Festival
BEST FEATURE - ANIMATION by The Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
BEST COMPOSER IN SHORT by Paris International Shorts Festival

Read a photo story of One-Handed Witch here.