

Sick Bird
· 8 min · ★ 10.0
Roberta must finish her art school thesis amid an anthropomorphic crisis of self-actualization in Northern Ontario.
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- Directors
- Gabriella Rigakos
- Production companies
- OCADU Live
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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