Lost Boys Pizza - Cassie Llanas,
14:08, United States, Comedy
Once upon a Halloween night, two theater kids had such a fright, for right before their unsuspecting eyes is Dracula, not so in disguise. And utilizing the power of dance they put Dracula under a trance and just in the knick of time, they send Dracula where the sun don't shine.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Cassie is the youngest of eight children. Yes. Cassie has seven siblings and YES they have a complex about it! They grew up making webcam videos with their friends starring their Beanie Babies and Star Wars action figures. They watched movies that were WAY too scary like Night of the Living Dead and Scream, but it was the only way to spend time with their older siblings whenever they were home. That fear of horror movies developed into a stockholm-esque relationship where now, Cassie can't get enough of them. As a filmmaker, Cassie enjoys crafting cartoonish worlds that make you laugh one moment before ripping your heart of your chest, throwing it on the ground, and crushing it beneath the heel of their boots the next….before making you laugh again through the pain. They call it Traumedy? They now teach editing, screenwriting, directing, and creative producing at Elmhurst University, DePaul University, and UW Milwaukee.
14:08, United States, Comedy
Once upon a Halloween night, two theater kids had such a fright, for right before their unsuspecting eyes is Dracula, not so in disguise. And utilizing the power of dance they put Dracula under a trance and just in the knick of time, they send Dracula where the sun don't shine.
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Cassie is the youngest of eight children. Yes. Cassie has seven siblings and YES they have a complex about it! They grew up making webcam videos with their friends starring their Beanie Babies and Star Wars action figures. They watched movies that were WAY too scary like Night of the Living Dead and Scream, but it was the only way to spend time with their older siblings whenever they were home. That fear of horror movies developed into a stockholm-esque relationship where now, Cassie can't get enough of them. As a filmmaker, Cassie enjoys crafting cartoonish worlds that make you laugh one moment before ripping your heart of your chest, throwing it on the ground, and crushing it beneath the heel of their boots the next….before making you laugh again through the pain. They call it Traumedy? They now teach editing, screenwriting, directing, and creative producing at Elmhurst University, DePaul University, and UW Milwaukee.
The Spectacle of Her Appetites - Sue Ding
5:00, United States, Documentary
A found footage meditation on eating your feelings. Appropriating footage from popular films and television, THE SPECTACLE OF HER APPETITES articulates this trope’s pervasiveness and visual codes, as well as its reproduction of conventional paradigms of femininity. A reimagined soundscape invites viewers to consider these images anew, as alternately humanizing, absurd, and disturbing.
Sue Ding is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Los Angeles. Her work explores race, gender, and diaspora through the lens of visual culture and place-based poetics. In her research-based approach, she emphasizes process, form, and deep readings of media and landscapes. Sue directed the short documentary The Claudia Kishi Club, which premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Netflix, and an Emmy Award-winning episode of the docuseries Artbound. Her films can be found on PBS, The New York Times, and Vimeo Staff Picks, and have screened internationally at venues including IDFA, Antimatter Media Art, and Copenhagen Contemporary. In 2023, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
5:00, United States, Documentary
A found footage meditation on eating your feelings. Appropriating footage from popular films and television, THE SPECTACLE OF HER APPETITES articulates this trope’s pervasiveness and visual codes, as well as its reproduction of conventional paradigms of femininity. A reimagined soundscape invites viewers to consider these images anew, as alternately humanizing, absurd, and disturbing.
Sue Ding is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Los Angeles. Her work explores race, gender, and diaspora through the lens of visual culture and place-based poetics. In her research-based approach, she emphasizes process, form, and deep readings of media and landscapes. Sue directed the short documentary The Claudia Kishi Club, which premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Netflix, and an Emmy Award-winning episode of the docuseries Artbound. Her films can be found on PBS, The New York Times, and Vimeo Staff Picks, and have screened internationally at venues including IDFA, Antimatter Media Art, and Copenhagen Contemporary. In 2023, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
AQUÍ Y ALLÁ - Isabella Breton
9:59, United States, Documentary
Through a conversation with photographer Winston Vargas, we explore the evolution of the Dominican community that migrated from one island to another. We witness through his gaze the peculiar experience of the diaspora in Washington Heights, but most importantly the effect of the community on its new environment. Apart from addressing Dominican identity, Winston confronts the difficulties of adapting, their resilience and the value of documenting and visually expressing their presence over the years.
Isabella Bretón is a director, screenwriter, and editor. She holds a degree in Social Communications, with a concentration in Audiovisual Production. She has attended intensive workshops in film directing at London Met Film School, New York Film Academy, as well as studying directing actor techniques with Adrienne Weiss. Bretón has worked with brands like Cerveza Modelo, Banco Popular, Checkers and Rally’s, UNICEF, Jumbo, Carnation, among others. Her music videos have been nominated for various awards for artists such as Henry Santos (Aventura), Manny Cruz, Giorgio Siladi, and Seye. Her fiction films have also been showcased at various film festivals worldwide. Her latest narrative short film, "Metamorphosis," was an official selection at the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Hollywood ShortsFest, Cannes Shorts, and New York Shorts Film Fest. Moreover, her works have been featured at the IX Latin American Week in Frankfurt, III New Dominican Cinema in Brazil, the Dominican Embassy in Berlin and London, the first Dominican Film Exhibition in Stockholm, and selected by the Latino Filmmakers Network for Hispanic Heritage Month on Facebook. Her first film as a screenwriter, "No Means No," was co-produced by CINEPOLIS Mexico. Also, her script "Altagracia" was a finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival, The Script Lab Screenplay contest, Final Draft Big Break Competition, and the Big Apple Film Festival. Her most recent work includes writing and directing for the television program "A Simple Vista: Madrid" with host Marianne Cruz, set to premiere on Color Visión Channel 9. As well as writing and directing a feature length documentary of the Dominican Diaspora in Madrid.
9:59, United States, Documentary
Through a conversation with photographer Winston Vargas, we explore the evolution of the Dominican community that migrated from one island to another. We witness through his gaze the peculiar experience of the diaspora in Washington Heights, but most importantly the effect of the community on its new environment. Apart from addressing Dominican identity, Winston confronts the difficulties of adapting, their resilience and the value of documenting and visually expressing their presence over the years.
Isabella Bretón is a director, screenwriter, and editor. She holds a degree in Social Communications, with a concentration in Audiovisual Production. She has attended intensive workshops in film directing at London Met Film School, New York Film Academy, as well as studying directing actor techniques with Adrienne Weiss. Bretón has worked with brands like Cerveza Modelo, Banco Popular, Checkers and Rally’s, UNICEF, Jumbo, Carnation, among others. Her music videos have been nominated for various awards for artists such as Henry Santos (Aventura), Manny Cruz, Giorgio Siladi, and Seye. Her fiction films have also been showcased at various film festivals worldwide. Her latest narrative short film, "Metamorphosis," was an official selection at the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Hollywood ShortsFest, Cannes Shorts, and New York Shorts Film Fest. Moreover, her works have been featured at the IX Latin American Week in Frankfurt, III New Dominican Cinema in Brazil, the Dominican Embassy in Berlin and London, the first Dominican Film Exhibition in Stockholm, and selected by the Latino Filmmakers Network for Hispanic Heritage Month on Facebook. Her first film as a screenwriter, "No Means No," was co-produced by CINEPOLIS Mexico. Also, her script "Altagracia" was a finalist at the Atlanta Film Festival, The Script Lab Screenplay contest, Final Draft Big Break Competition, and the Big Apple Film Festival. Her most recent work includes writing and directing for the television program "A Simple Vista: Madrid" with host Marianne Cruz, set to premiere on Color Visión Channel 9. As well as writing and directing a feature length documentary of the Dominican Diaspora in Madrid.
Vision - Çağıl Harmandar
7:18, Japan, Experimental
Eyes are magical spheres that make up dreams and retain memories. In our eyes, the visions of the within and of the beyond overlap. New worlds come to be when our gazes meet.
Çağıl Harmandar is an artist from İstanbul, Turkey currently residing in Tokyo as a practice based Phd Student at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
7:18, Japan, Experimental
Eyes are magical spheres that make up dreams and retain memories. In our eyes, the visions of the within and of the beyond overlap. New worlds come to be when our gazes meet.
Çağıl Harmandar is an artist from İstanbul, Turkey currently residing in Tokyo as a practice based Phd Student at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
The World According to Pussy Noir - Amy Oden
23:35, United States, Documentary
Follow Pussy Noir’s historic fellowship at the Kennedy Center as she blends history, queerness, and couture. Her marquee project is a self-produced queer fashion show. Can she make her ideas sing on the catwalk?
Multiple Emmy Award winning producer and director Amy Oden currently directs the video team at the Human Rights Campaign, where she produces and supervises the production of video content advocating for the LGBTQ+ community. Her latest independent short, LIPSTICK AND LEATHER is distributed by PBS's Reel South, and some of her other recent work was granted fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Amy holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland, and an MA in Gender and Media from George Washington University. Her work has won Communicator, Emmy, Davey, and W3 Awards.
23:35, United States, Documentary
Follow Pussy Noir’s historic fellowship at the Kennedy Center as she blends history, queerness, and couture. Her marquee project is a self-produced queer fashion show. Can she make her ideas sing on the catwalk?
Multiple Emmy Award winning producer and director Amy Oden currently directs the video team at the Human Rights Campaign, where she produces and supervises the production of video content advocating for the LGBTQ+ community. Her latest independent short, LIPSTICK AND LEATHER is distributed by PBS's Reel South, and some of her other recent work was granted fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Amy holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Maryland, and an MA in Gender and Media from George Washington University. Her work has won Communicator, Emmy, Davey, and W3 Awards.
Miss Psychorama 1986 - Jenny Plante
26:46, United States, Satirical Horror
Miss Psychorama 1986 is a satirical horror movie shot in the style of a live TV special, written and directed by Jenny Plante.
26:46, United States, Satirical Horror
Miss Psychorama 1986 is a satirical horror movie shot in the style of a live TV special, written and directed by Jenny Plante.
After We're Gone - Saige Kanik
5:38, United States, Animated
After We’re Gone explores our relationship with death and mourning through a conversation using interviews of different participants portrayed within physical miniature rooms. Each story is completely different, yet how each relates shows how connected the mourning process can be. In the end, there is comfort in the collective experience of mortality.
Made of felt, cat hair, and hair dye, Saige Kanik is a stop-motion fabricator, animator, and theatrical prop designer from the forests of New England. A dabbler in everything, Saige loves to dive head-on into any project. She was featured in the article, "10 Teens to Watch" in the 2019 September/October Issue of Westport Magazine, the 2023 WIA Scholarship recipients, and has had her films screened nationwide. Outside of work, Saige often bakes or paints. She recently graduated from the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Degree in Stop Motion Animation and a minor in 3D Studio Arts.
5:38, United States, Animated
After We’re Gone explores our relationship with death and mourning through a conversation using interviews of different participants portrayed within physical miniature rooms. Each story is completely different, yet how each relates shows how connected the mourning process can be. In the end, there is comfort in the collective experience of mortality.
Made of felt, cat hair, and hair dye, Saige Kanik is a stop-motion fabricator, animator, and theatrical prop designer from the forests of New England. A dabbler in everything, Saige loves to dive head-on into any project. She was featured in the article, "10 Teens to Watch" in the 2019 September/October Issue of Westport Magazine, the 2023 WIA Scholarship recipients, and has had her films screened nationwide. Outside of work, Saige often bakes or paints. She recently graduated from the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Degree in Stop Motion Animation and a minor in 3D Studio Arts.
Day 1 - Ana Montaño, Eduardo García
11:08, Mexico, Drama
Rocio, a teenage girl, gets ready for her first day of high school. The next day, she leaves home and takes the bus to school, without knowing that this trip will change her life forever.
Ana Montaño and Eduardo García are emerging Mexican filmmakers who bring unique perspectives to their work. Ana, a seasoned colorist and director of photography, has over 9 years of experience in the film industry. She studied Design and Visual Communication at UNAM and is now venturing into writing and directing. With her debut as a director, she explores deeply personal and social issues, focusing on themes such as gender violence and the challenges of growing up in a violent society, seeking artistic growth through these narratives.
Eduardo, an editor with 8 years of experience, studied Communication at Anáhuac University Mexico Norte. His passion for editing and storytelling fuels his creative vision as a director, where he aims to explore the emotional depth of characters and their inner conflicts. His work focuses on the subtle nuances of human experience, striving to uncover the narrative possibilities that cinema offers.
Together, Ana and Eduardo represent a new generation of filmmakers dedicated to telling impactful, thought-provoking stories that address both personal and societal struggles, while also pushing the boundaries of their craft in innovative ways. Their collaboration and individual work continue to contribute to the evolving landscape of Mexican cinema.
11:08, Mexico, Drama
Rocio, a teenage girl, gets ready for her first day of high school. The next day, she leaves home and takes the bus to school, without knowing that this trip will change her life forever.
Ana Montaño and Eduardo García are emerging Mexican filmmakers who bring unique perspectives to their work. Ana, a seasoned colorist and director of photography, has over 9 years of experience in the film industry. She studied Design and Visual Communication at UNAM and is now venturing into writing and directing. With her debut as a director, she explores deeply personal and social issues, focusing on themes such as gender violence and the challenges of growing up in a violent society, seeking artistic growth through these narratives.
Eduardo, an editor with 8 years of experience, studied Communication at Anáhuac University Mexico Norte. His passion for editing and storytelling fuels his creative vision as a director, where he aims to explore the emotional depth of characters and their inner conflicts. His work focuses on the subtle nuances of human experience, striving to uncover the narrative possibilities that cinema offers.
Together, Ana and Eduardo represent a new generation of filmmakers dedicated to telling impactful, thought-provoking stories that address both personal and societal struggles, while also pushing the boundaries of their craft in innovative ways. Their collaboration and individual work continue to contribute to the evolving landscape of Mexican cinema.
Only Me on TV - Jaina Cipriano
1:08, United States, Micro Short
You’ve traveled to an alternate dimension. It’s been a stressful journey and you want to relax. So you turn on the TV. But as you flip through the channels you realize something strange. Every channel...is me.
Jaina Cipriano is a photographer, designer and filmmaker exploring religious and romantic entrapment. Her second short film, ‘Trauma Bond’ is a dreamy, coming of age thriller that explores healing deep wounds with quick fixes, it took home the grand prize at the Lonely Seal International Film Festival. Jaina is the executive director of the Arlington International Film Festival and the founder of Finding Bright Studios - an experiential design company in Lowell, MA. She has collaborated with GRRL HAUS, Boston Art Review, and was a Boston Fellow for the Mass Art Creative Business Incubator and a finalist in EforAll Merrimack Valley.
1:08, United States, Micro Short
You’ve traveled to an alternate dimension. It’s been a stressful journey and you want to relax. So you turn on the TV. But as you flip through the channels you realize something strange. Every channel...is me.
Jaina Cipriano is a photographer, designer and filmmaker exploring religious and romantic entrapment. Her second short film, ‘Trauma Bond’ is a dreamy, coming of age thriller that explores healing deep wounds with quick fixes, it took home the grand prize at the Lonely Seal International Film Festival. Jaina is the executive director of the Arlington International Film Festival and the founder of Finding Bright Studios - an experiential design company in Lowell, MA. She has collaborated with GRRL HAUS, Boston Art Review, and was a Boston Fellow for the Mass Art Creative Business Incubator and a finalist in EforAll Merrimack Valley.
Upcoming events
GRRL HAUS CINEMA presents our "Best of 2024 Festival," celebrating standout short films from the past year.
Main Festival Screening Events at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA
Dates : December 9th & 10th
DIY Berlin Screening at Oblomov Berlin : December 12th
Online screening Dates : December 16th to 20th
Main Festival Screening Events at The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA
Dates : December 9th & 10th
DIY Berlin Screening at Oblomov Berlin : December 12th
Online screening Dates : December 16th to 20th
