Lampie

Lampie

Eleven-year-old Lampie lives with her father in a lighthouse, where every night she climbs the 61 steps to guide ships to safety. One stormy night, catastrophe strikes: a ship crashes and Lampie is separated from her father. She’s sent to work as a maid at the mysterious Black House, filled with rumors, secrets, and seriously odd inhabitants. It’s there that she befriends a boy with a shimmering fish tail, and the two, along with a menagerie of circus workers, set out to find their way to freedom and her father. With beautiful seascapes and fanciful characters, Lampie takes as its source material the beloved Dutch book of the same name, mixing old-world fairytale storytelling with a modern take on friendship, courage, and the right to be different.

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Girls' POV
Fearless girls around the world breaking the mold.
NYICFF alum
This filmmaker has screened more than one film at NYICFF!