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Six animated characters stand in front of a dreary institution with the name "Home Hospital for Irrecoverable Children." The people include a little boy and girl, a kind-loooking nanny, a mean-looking nanny, a stoic doctor and a grandfather-like security guard.

IZIDOR the film is finished!

IZIDOR, the short film, finishes production. Read what is planned next and how to view the 30-minute movie.

Libertatae (video): Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania

LIBERTATAE follows Izidor in his hometown of Sighetu Marmatiei as settles into a new home and looks for work. (English with Romanian subs.)

Libertatea (article): Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania

LIBERTATAE interviews Izidor in his hometown of Sighetu Marmatiei about his efforts to live in Romania in 2023.

IZIDOR Production Update (Spring 2023)

Izidor Ruckel, David Kabbe (Director) and Sarah Padbury (Producer) provide an update on the production timeline and fundraising effort.

All of Life Podcast: The Power of Belonging

Sarah Padbury, producer and writer of the short film IZIDOR, participates in a panel discussion on belonging and hospitality on the All of Life podcast at Redemption Church Tempe (Arizona). Sarah shares how an orphan’s life was changed by learning he “belonged,” and how she was personally changed while filming the movie on-location in Romania….

A woman and limping little boy exit through an animated, scary metal gate with the words asylum for irrecoverable children, and out into a beautiful, tree-lined path

Short film update: GREAT news!

The Izidor Story production team spent the month of September on location in Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania, shooting the live action portion of the short film IZIDOR (formerly entitled “Real Boy for a Day”). The film reveals a disabled orphan trapped in a world of animation when he unexpectedly gets a night out of the asylum…