Sylvio

Based on a series of avant-garde vines by creator Albert Birney, Sylvio is the story of Baltimore based gorilla Sylvio Bernardi’s rise and fall from local TV fame. Sylvio’s droll 9 to 5 is interrupted when he is sent to collect the debt of a small talk show producer, and is mistaken for a juggling guest. The fallout of Sylvio’s clumsy juggling is not just broken vases–the viewers fall in love with Sylvio’s chaotic and destructive ape persona. As a result, Sylvio’s personal preferences for tender puppetry and delicate stop motion are put at direct odds with the character he finds himself playing for his human viewers. As Sylvio’s identity crisis mounts fantasy and reality poetically blur to reveal that he has been fighting the “beast” image for years. Sylvio is a downright lovely and absurdist cult classic that speaks to anyone who fails to live out their stereotype.

• Sylvio Bernardi : Self
• Jess : Meghan Doherty
• Al Reynolds : Kentucker Audley
• Tina : Constance Shulman

• Directors : Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney
• Producer : Meghan Doherty
• Executive Producers : Tanner Beard, James Belfer, Jason Dreyer, Louise Issacs, David Moscow, Kent Osborne, Todd Remis
• Cinematography : Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney
• Editing : Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney
• Production Design : Peter Davis
• Art Direction : Casey Lambert
• Costumes & Wardrobe : James Barber, Tracy Bird
• Sound Mixer : Jay Lujan
• Sound Editor : Matthew Scott Baker

• Theatrical Release Date : October 12, 2017
• Year : 2017
• Country : United States
• Language : English
• Running Time : 80 minutes
• Aspect Ratio : 1.78
• Projection Format : DCP
• Rating : Unrated
• Genre : Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Blu-Ray Includes

• Directors’ Audio Commentary by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Kickstarter Video
• Bonus Films
• Music Videos
• Complete Series of Simply Sylvio Vines
• Theatrical Trailer