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.