12th House, 13min., USA

Directed by Ilona Laboy

12th House is a surreal meditation on grief, identity, and spiritual transformation. After losing her husband, a woman descends into a liminal dreamworld where memory fragments and archetypes guide her inward. Haunted by illusion and tethered to love, she confronts her shadow through symbolic rituals of self-loss and rebirth. Blending myth, psychology, and visual poetry, 12th House explores the sacred undoing required to become whole—and the alchemy of carrying love beyond death.

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Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

- Initially, my late husband and I shared a dream of creating films together, to build a life doing what we love. After losing him, this project became my way of keeping that dream alive. Israel has been my motivation throughout this entire process. Finishing this film was a way to carry him forward, to honor his legacy, and to keep him present in everything I do.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film?

- The new storyline and the entire post-production process took a little over four months. It was an intense, concentrated period of rebuilding, editing, and reshaping the film into what it is now.

How would you describe your film in two words!?

- Dream Shattering

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