Reel Reflections: A Summer's End Film Festival

“Join us for a dazzling evening as we wrap up an incredible season of creativity and community! Allied Productions Inc. proudly presents "Reel Reflections: A Summer's End Film Fest", a unique event where we spotlight the cinematic talents of our amazing members.

Prepare to be captivated as each member of our collective screens their own film, showcasing a diverse array of stories, styles, and perspectives. It's a night of celebration, reflection, and inspiration as we share the fruits of our labor and toast to the fantastic summer we've had together.”

Feature Program:

Run time: 50min

FIREFLIES

BY ROSE KNOPPER (2:32s)

At a summer camp across the country, it is Dorothy’s second time seeing fireflies. Her aunt drives her to camp. While unpacking her things, Dorothy reunites with Charlotte, the girl who she has had a crush on since the year prior. As camp activities commence, Dorothy soon realizes that Charlotte isn’t how she had expected her to be. Even after Charlotte betrays Dorothy, they share a moment of intimacy together, making Dorothy more confused. In an attempt to reconcile with what happened, Dorothy notices a firefly that looks like a normal bug without its glow, crawling on the curb outside of her Aunt’s house.

BRAINS BY REVLON, 1986

BY JACK WATERS (18 min)

An East Village caterwaul inspired by the book “A History of Europe” by the Belgian historian Henri Perine and George Cukor’s film direction of the Clair Boothe Luce plays “The Women”.

METABOLISM

BY LYDIA ECCLES (7:30s)

PARTS OF SPEECH/ LANGUAGE BARRIERS

BY LUCIA MINERVINI (2:43s)

Mother India called me to her, as in the past, to guide me during fundamental periods of introspection and transition. At the Tasara Center for Creative Weaving, I was intimately supported in knitting together seemingly disparate threads into an eloquent tapestry.

The series Parts of Speech, of which Language Barriers is a part, merges intertwined life choices: artist, behavior therapist/language interventionist, and ‘consumer’ of Jungian analysis. Language Barriers, a visceral reaction against the myriad forms of gender-based violence led me to the realization that all of us wound and are wounded, intentionally and unintentionally, incessantly. Deepening this idea through poetry and drawing combined with efforts to heal myself and share the process, gave birth to Language Barriers, a work expressing intentional responsibility towards ourselves, the people we love and care for and those casually encountered in our daily lives.

ZONE FOUR

BY NOE KIDDER (7:25s)

ZONE FOUR began as a creative response to the astonishing science fiction writing of Doris Lessing, primarily her novel “Canopus in Argos: Archives.” Lessing was partly inspired by the design of the Alhambra and its architecture helped to organize one section of her novel.

Her book inspired me to travel to Spain and shoot a film inside the palace. The tourists around me became a part of the film, and I was greatly moved by the importance of water throughout the entire site. I have been contemplating reproductive issues for some time, and some of my concern comes through in this film, but in a broken and enigmatic way. It is my hope that the viewer responds to the suggestion that my images and sounds create, and starts to question our basic need to survive and our exploitation of women.

ENTRE O CÉU E A TERRA (BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE EARTH)

BY BRUNA BRAGA (11 min)

A daughter seeks to piece together past memories in an attempt to understand the roots of the rupture between her and her mother.

GHOSTLIGHT

BY ETHAN SHOSHAN (1 min)

Stop-motion animation of the life cycle of a mysteriously organic sculpture

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Le Petit Versailles Garden, 247 East 2nd Street, New York, United States