SCREENING HISTORY:
USA: The Reel Puppetry Film Fest at the National Puppetry Festival (2023)
USA: Puppeteers of America's Regional Festival in Coney Island (2022)
USA: Puppets in the Green Mountains (2022)
USA: International Fine Arts Film Festival (2022)*
USA: Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (2022)
USA: Maryland Film Festival (2022)
USA: Washington West International Film Festival (2021)
USA: International Puppet Fringe NYC (2021)
USA: Virtual Ibex Puppetry Screening (2021)

FRANCE: Paris Film Art Festival (2021)
CANADA: Montréal International Animation Festival - ANIMAZE (2021)
CANADA: Lunenburg Doc Fest (2021)
SPAIN: Madrid International Film Festival (2021)*
CANADA: Festival of Animated Objects Screening (2021)

SYNOPSIS:
In this true story from the pandemic, 86 year-old Marianne Ross, in need of an onion, unexpectedly finds one in the woods and is left to contemplate the nature of miracles.

Executive Producer: Heather Henson of Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams.
PRODUCERS: Sam Koji Hale, Alex U. Griffin, Jessica Simon
DIRECTORS: Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas
WRITERS: Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas
KEY CAST: Featuring the voice of Marianne Ross.
PUPPET DESIGN & FABRICATION: Alex Vernon
SET DESIGN & FABRICATION: Sarah Olmsted Thomas
PUPPETEERS: Alex Vernon, Sarah Olmsted Thomas
​​DURATION: 7min 28sec.
GENRES: Shorts, Puppetry, Documentary, Experimental, Comedy
THEMES: Miracles, Philosophy, Nature, Self-Reflection
AGE RANGE: All ages. 

​AWARDS:
Best Animation or Animated Sequence at the Madrid International Film Festival (2021)​
Honorable Mention at the International Fine Arts Film Festival (2022)

​En Français.
L’Oignon de Marianne
Marianne, 86 ans, se dit qu’elle aurait besoin d’oignons. Peu de temps après, elle en trouve miraculeusement dans le bois près de chez elle. Un tel cadeau de l’univers l’amène à s’interroger. « Marianne’s Onion » est un court métrage de Alex and Olmsted utilisant ombres et marionnettes en carton pour raconter l’histoire vraie et touchante de cette octogénaire sur fond de musique d’une autre époque.