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Marked by vibrant color, hypnotic interludes, and sensual appeal, Acadian Nights is an experiential art film inspired by the universality of dreams- particularly dreams of houses and the spaces that contain us. Elements of hybridization, collage, and animation blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Archetypes of family emerge from seemingly abstract images into a narrative grounded in the cycle of waking and dreaming. Acadian Nights combines commonplace scenes with fantasy and whimsy by taking familiar subjects and divorcing them from traditional representation. Personal and found photographs oscillate in and out of view, dancing to the trance-like soundtrack and recalling memories and cautionary tales of childhood. Surreal transformations linger as an awareness of vast possibilities. The opening and closing scenes allude to psychologist Carl Jung's theory of the feminine and masculine halves of the personality--anima and animas. This theme is carried throughout the film, along with family, identity, and the unconscious mind. Past and present no longer find distinction in this realm of half-real dreamscapes.