Beowulf in 5 minutes? This micro-drama punches way above its runtime.
Two interconnected individuals react differently following the expulsion of a mischievous student in this interpretation of Beowulf.
Writing
Beowulf reimagined through modern institutional horror.
Direction
Funkhouser packs epic scope into five dense minutes.
Director
Camille Funkhouser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Camille Funkhouser developed this as her thesis film, shooting the entire project in a single day with available light.
The title 'Della' reclaims the narrative from its warrior-poet origins, centering the woman who watches violence unfold rather than the man who commits it — a deliberate inversion of Beowulf's masculine heroism.
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