What’s Bothering Sara?

Little Sarah is growing up. It all begins in the middle of a day on the school playground: Sarah suddenly starts bleeding while playing with a ball in front of the other children. From that moment on, a strange rabbit starts appearing to her. Her idyllic, childlike world is collapsing right before her eyes - the rabbit follows her everywhere, and Sara doesn't know how to deal with it. And then it bites Sara in the school bathroom. Sara is bleeding, confused and doesn't understand all the new changes in her body. Fortunately, she discovers she is not alone - she meets a friend who is also being visited by the strange rabbit. And Sarah's mom even has a huge rabbit hidden in their closet at home! Sara now has someone to share her troubles with, and a new path to self-acceptance opens up.

Director’s statement
What's bothering Sara? The new challenges that come with growing up, which can make little Sarah feel strange. Along with these changes, a mysterious rabbit appears in her life, disrupting her everyday situations, and with each encounter, the confusion intensifies.
But what is this mysterious rabbit? Is it the first signs of puberty? Her first menstruation, changing appearance, and the struggle to fit in with her peers, which sometimes ends in failure. Sara blames the little rabbit for all of this, but maybe he's not her enemy—perhaps he is the one who will guide her toward self-acceptance and into the world of adulthood. Fortunately, with the help of her friend and with the mother´s help hand Sara is starting her way to her acceptance and becoming a young beautiful lady.
The whole film is an allegory on growing up and adapting to adult life, told in a quirky and light-hearted way.
The film will be produced with the oil painting on glass technique, with using the bright red colors, that describes the theme of puberty and fears about growing up.