Sirena's Gallery Arthouse Feature Film & Short Films by Christine Stoddard

A screening of Sirena's Gallery, Naomi & The Reckoning, Drunken History, and Bottled, all directed by Christine Stoddard and produced by Quail Bell Press & Productions.

Sirena's Gallery follows a Salvadoran-American woman’s struggle as an art gallery owner who recently lost her husband to suicide. Sirena must quickly adapt to self-isolation, grief-induced visions, and the virtual world of e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic. This film features the talents of Disnie Sebastien, Art Jones, Ghia Vitale, and others.

Naomi & The Reckoning​ is an experimental film that follows Naomi, a young woman with a physical deformity. Struggling with body acceptance all her life, Naomi also comes from a strict religious upbringing. Purity culture further complicated her relationship with her body and, now recently married, she can’t find sexual satisfaction.

Drunken History is a poetry film about gentrification, resistance, and finding refuge as an artist in New York City—or maybe somewhere beyond it.

Bottled is a short about a message from beyond.

About the director:

Christine Stoddard is a writer, director, actress, and multi-hyphenated artist. Sirena's Gallery is her first feature film. Recent plays as writer/director include "Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares," "My Favorite Sex Toy," "Hashtag Mountain Girl," "Clowns & Otters," "Forget Fairytales," "Cyber Cinderella," and others. She was also one of the co-writers of "A Chorus Within Her," a choreopoem commissioned by the Theater Alliance and premiered at the Anacostia Playhouse in Washington, D.C. in Fall 2021. Christine has written several books, including Heaven Is a Photograph, Desert Fox by the Sea, Naomi & The Reckoning, Water for the Cactus Woman, and others. She was the first-ever artist-in-residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House in Manhattan and an AnkhLave Arts Alliance fellow at the Queens Botanical Garden. She is the founder of Quail Bell Press & Productions. A graduate of VCUarts, she earned her MFA in interdisciplinary art practice from The City College of New York. Find out more about her work at WorldOfChristineStoddard.com. Instagram/Twitter: @stoddardsays

About Quail Bell Press & Productions:

Quail Bell Press & Productions is a woman-owned creative studio and the parent of Quail Bell Magazine and various other arts, media & entertainment projects. Founded by writer, director, and multi-hyphenated artist Christine Stoddard, Quail Bell is based in Brooklyn, NY. Find out more at QuailBell.com.

Event Venue

Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street, New York, United States