Mackenzie

Eleven-year-old Juniper is growing up on the edge of the vast Utah desert, though her mother plans to move them to Idaho in just two days. Juniper, however, has very different ideas: she is determined to marry Mackenzie Astin - the star of her favorite sitcom, “The Facts of Life” - and, with a child’s carefree disregard for any minor-protection laws, she wants to do it sooner rather than later. Acting on impulse, she leaves the familiarity of her home behind and sets off for California, venturing into the solitude of the desert, where the sun beats down and great adventure lurks behind every bush and rock. The way Juniper experiences her "walkabout" through this unique, uninhabited landscape unfolds as a hypnotic, micro-budget drama—interwoven with Mylissa Fitzsimmons’ own childhood memories—that captures the very essence of the lightness of adolescent being. Juniper’s world is an alluring universe where colors and sounds await rediscovery at every step. In her film debut, Lucya Yusimov enlightens every single shot of this miraculous journey with playful ease.

»Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.«

Aristotle

»Well, you’ll be leaving to Idaho by yourself because I’ll be marrying Mackenzie Astin. Not like you’d notice anyways.« (Juniper)