Statement by Director Levin Garbisch:

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Spiral into the Yellow Void is my third feature film. It will be my first attempt to tell a story that deals with more serious real life issues, while also still being very strange and otherworldly. It tells the story of a character that struggles with many things: Depression, self-hatred, self-harm, alcohol abuse, loneliness and isolation, and a general refusal to get better because she doesn’t think she deserves it. I share many of these feelings with the main character, Amy. And I want to express these feelings to the world in a unique way.

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We have all seen depression depicted on film with a varying degree of authenticity. I often feel like depression in film is shown as something to overcome or as a way of glamorizing sadness. The conflict in this film has no easy solution. I want the audience to feel annoyed by Amy and frustrated that she won’t feel better and refuses the help offered to her. But sometimes there really is no way to go but down.

 

Amy’s struggles are shown in the form of a masked man called The Stranger, a physical manifestation of her depression. He haunts Amy by stalking her, assaulting her, and twisting the words of others. Some people who struggle with mental health will visualize their issues as an external being. By putting the audience in Amy’s perspective, I want them to understand how she is feeling, even when the events on screen stray from reality.

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