Hollywood-styletimetraveltalesliketofocustheirattentiononculturalfadsandfashions:clothes,music,slang,dailytechnologies.Theingeniouslylow-budgetIrishsci-fifilmLOLAhasfunwithallofthat,butalsoinvestigatesdarker,moreglobalquestionslike:whatifGermanyhadwonWorldWarII? Piecedtogetherindazzling16mmasanimaginarycollageofinterlockingaudio-visualdocumentsfromthe1940s,AndrewLegge,directinghisdebutfeature,conjuresthelivesoftwogiftedandlivelysisters,ThomasinaandMartha.Lefttotheirowndevicesaschildren,thepairhasmanagedtocreateamachinethatreceivesmediabroadcastsfromthefuture.Intheirpersonal,cloistered,punkparadise,theyembracetherebelliousstylesofanagetocome–TheKinks,DavidBowie–butalsodiscover,whenmilitarypersonnelmovein,thathistoryisadangerousgametotoywith.Theultimatequestionbecomes:ifmassmediacanchangetheworld,cancinemamiraculouslyrestoreit? Justlikethemonumenttobricolagecreatedbyitscharacters,LOLAisaninspiredconceitinthestyleofGuyMaddin,WoodyAllen’sZelig(1983)andPeterJackson’sForgottenSilver(1996).It’sasurrealrompthroughscratches,glitchesandspeculativepossibilities.