EP. 1700: Filmmaker Diana Densmore (CARDBOARD)

WILDsound: The Film Podcast · Feb 20, 2026

CARDBOARD, 23min., USA

Directed by Diana Densmore

A neglected young girl builds a cardboard time machine and runs away to the future only to find her adult self in the throes of depression, as the two connect they remind each other of the joy of loving oneself.

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Get to know the filmmaker:

What motivated you to make this film?

Alice Prime, the lead actress, had been bugging me to make something with her and my daughter in it for years. So I was trying to write something that would allow them to play opposite each other. The subject matter comes from my…