Set in the 1990s, Tricky begins in a London animation studio run by a husband-and-wife team famous for creating beloved cereal mascots. Their world crumbles when new regulations ban sugary ads targeted at children, effectively cancelling their entire industry overnight. The husband flees to America, leaving behind his wife and their daughter, Maya. Decades later, Maya’s 12-year-old daughter, Charli, discovers a VHS tape of the old commercials. Hoping to connect with the grandfather she’s never met, she uploads digitized clips to TikTok using AI tools. But the experiment goes horribly wrong: her viral videos open a portal between worlds, unleashing the once-cute mascots, now twisted, AI-enhanced monstrosities, into the real world.
Crew
Uli Meyer
Director, Writer
Markus Ilschner
Director of Photography
Vanessa Wheeler
Producer, Line Producer, Production Manager
Anya Chung
Production Assistant
Korede Alaran
Production Assistant
Esther Mitchell
Second Assistant Camera
Tom Medcalf
Casting Director
Michael Schlingmann
Animation
Gary Dunn
Animation
Dean Roberts
Animation
Emma Leon
Makeup & Hair
Ariya Beecham
Sound Assistant
Charlie J Hinde
Sound Recordist
Edmund Bishop
Lighting Production Assistant
Oliver Young
Lighting Production Assistant
Jordan White
Lighting Production Assistant
Mark Bailey
Special Effects Supervisor
Lisa Meyer
Special Effects
Mark Bailey
Props
Niki Bruckner
Still Photographer
Seun Pinheiro
BTS Footage
Henry Young
Gaffer
Kate Roddy
Catering
Alexandra Voikou
Focus Puller
Daniela Topham
Art Direction