Filmmaker Statement

We created PLAYGROUNDS out of the desire to discover memories from the ’80s & ’90s. While nostalgia is generally associated with positivity, we wanted to bring something with a dark undercurrent of the real world, and reflect that in this kid’s bedroom and the toys they play with. We’ve all experienced going back to the road we grew up on, everything always feels so much smaller than we remember – our reminiscing, nostalgic brains always deceive with memories of scale. So it felt natural that the room should feel expansive, with the plastic toy soldiers serving as our reference point of view, with the whole room feeling more like a funfair at night than a traditional bedroom.