Only a Switch

Only A Switch is an experimental fantasy about two star-crossed lovers who transcend identity, gender and the physical world as we know it in order to be together. After James saves Emily's life in a random mugging on the streets of New York, the two fall deeply in love. Their devotion to each other enrages Emily's abusive father who is determined to keep them apart. The conflict escalates into a violent confrontation, which forces James to flee and seek a drastic transformation through a mystic. Will love triumph in this unlikely romance? Drawing inspiration from distinct cinematic voices such as Georges Méliès, Stan Brakhage and Jonathan Caouette, it is a kaleidoscopic visual feast achieved through inventive digital manipulation, hand-painted film and old-school optical trickery. Tenderly romantic, delightfully weird and fiercely erotic, Only A Switch is not just a film — it is an experience. (Woodstock Film Festival)