When the Day Breaks

When the Day Breaks is the charming, bittersweet story of Ruby, the pig, whose life takes an unexpected turn after she witnesses the accidental death of a stranger.

With deft humour and finely rendered detail, the film illuminates the links which connect our urban lives, while evoking the promise and fragility of a new day.

The film, described as "a four-year labour of love" by the filmmakers, is exquisitely crafted, using pencil and paint on photocopies which gives it a textured look reminiscent of a lithograph or a flickering newsreel.

In When the Day Breaks, the ordinary - a lemon, a toaster, a chance collision on a street corner - is endowed with a visceral power.