Tangles 2027

Overview

Tangles is an adult animated biographical drama film based on the graphic novel Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother and Me by Sarah Leavitt. Directed by Leah Nelson and co-written by Nelson, Sarah Leavitt, and Trev Renney, the film falls into the animation, drama, and comedy genres. The story follows a headstrong young woman who recently fled her conservative small town, but is forced to return to care for her mother when Alzheimer's disease begins to strip away her mother's vibrant personality. Upon her return, she must navigate her oddball family and quickly realizes that she must accept the cruel and warped reality of the disease, as well as the imperfect beauty of her family, in order to become the daughter they need. The film won top honors, taking the Grand prize at the Animation Is Film Festival.