Such a Vivid Imagination

Local title
Nii elav fantaasia
Director
Ina Lüders
Year
2026
Festival
26th Youth and Children's Film Festival
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Suitable from age
12+

A missing body makes Celia question her imagination that has protected her until now.

Twelve-year-old Celia’s carefree childhood begins to crumble when she discovers her mother’s love affair. Feeling increasingly out of place at home, she seeks refuge in long summer days with her cousins Kerry and Hannah. One day, Celia and Kerry find a dead body in the woods. But when they call for help, the body disappears, and adults believe the children’s story to be nothing but the fruit of their imagination. Celia cannot forget what she saw and sets out to uncover the truth with her cousins. However, the deeper they delve into the mystery, the more Celia begins to question what she knows.

Suitable for ages 12 and above.

Director
Ina Lüders
Screenwriter
David Fedash
Producer
Julia Gurry, Alessandro Garau
Cast
Sheherazade Farrell, Nancy Breheny, Cherry Walters, Laura Ashcroft, Victoria Ashcroft
Cinematographer
Joe Hofmann
Editing
Aideen Johnston
Production Design
Jenny Bowers
Composer
Matthew Gurry
Production
Welcome to Hawaii Productions LTD
Music
Liz Williams
Sound
FOCAL RHYTHM SOUND
World sales
CATHERINE QUANTSCHNIGG
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Ina Lüders
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Biography

Ina Lüders has worked as a 1st AD in independent film for many years, starting in Germany, then Spain, before finally settling in London. She is in Tallinn with her debut feature as director. Such a Vivid Imagination has its international premiere in competition at Just Film, PÖFF’s Youth and Children’s Film Festival.

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Screenings

Screening090815 / Nii elav fantaasia
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Q&A guestsIna Lüders (Director), Sheherazade Farrell (Cast), Cherry Walters (Cast)
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Screening130812 / Nii elav fantaasia
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Screening155212 / Nii elav fantaasia
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