Leaving January 1

Directed by Jeff Malmberg | 82 mins | 2010
In Malmberg’s mesmerizing, multi-award-winning portrait of healing and obsession, Mark Hogencamp recovers from a brutal assault and alcoholism by building and tending to a miniature plywood town in his backyard. Populating the diorama with dolls based on people from his own life, he plays out cathartic dramas set in World War II-era Belgium, piecing together a homemade reality after his shattering trauma.