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Champagne explores the experiences of a young chef striving to succeed in her career, stuck somewhere between finding her own way and learning how (and when) to ask for help when she needs it.

Champagne is the head chef in a special kitchen that caters to the culinary needs of the incorporeal, offering spiritual nourishment that expands the traditional boundaries of typically masculine cuisine.

Her ghostly customers (hand-drawn animation from alumni of Broom Cupboard Collective) return night after night to consume Champagne’s potent broth that conjures memories long forgotten. To meet the growing demand, Champagne hires an assistant, Sue, an act which invites the outside world to slowly encroach on her kitchen, Champagne’s once-sacred creative oasis.

As produce deliveries, phone calls from her partner, and a journalist’s increasingly invasive inquiries threaten to throw her kitchen into disarray, Champagne must confront her own self-doubt in order to regain her creative balance.

Director: Elizabeth Schiffler