March 16th | 7 PM
SIFF FILM CENTER
167 REPUBLICAN ST, SEATTLE, WA, 98109
All films are presented in English or in their original language with English subtitles
SIFF FILM CENTER
167 REPUBLICAN ST, SEATTLE, WA, 98109
All films are presented in English or in their original language with English subtitles
Trace on My Body Dir. Yue Hua, China, 3:10
Passageways Dir. Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings, Canada, 4:41
Sogno Rosso (Red Dream) Dir. Coco Roy, US, 7:50
Cut Me Summa Dat Noise Dir. Cara Hagan, US, 6:11
Chora Dir. Ao Wei, UK, 8:05
Anniversary Dir. Stephanie Ibarra, Anna Torzullo, US, 3:50
Into the Emerald Sea Dir. Asuka Lin, Japan, 20:14
Marrow of My Bones Dir. Karly McCloskey, Canada, 2:11
Poppy's Saturn Dir. Nicole Tegelaar, Belgium, 14:35
All That’s Left Dir. Simone Holland, US, 10:51
Made for Duty Overseas Dir. Katie King, UK, 4:37
Lost Boys Pizza Dir. Cassie Llanas, US, 14:08
La Chascona Dir. Maria João Lourenço, UK, 1:21
Passageways Dir. Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings, Canada, 4:41
Sogno Rosso (Red Dream) Dir. Coco Roy, US, 7:50
Cut Me Summa Dat Noise Dir. Cara Hagan, US, 6:11
Chora Dir. Ao Wei, UK, 8:05
Anniversary Dir. Stephanie Ibarra, Anna Torzullo, US, 3:50
Into the Emerald Sea Dir. Asuka Lin, Japan, 20:14
Marrow of My Bones Dir. Karly McCloskey, Canada, 2:11
Poppy's Saturn Dir. Nicole Tegelaar, Belgium, 14:35
All That’s Left Dir. Simone Holland, US, 10:51
Made for Duty Overseas Dir. Katie King, UK, 4:37
Lost Boys Pizza Dir. Cassie Llanas, US, 14:08
La Chascona Dir. Maria João Lourenço, UK, 1:21
Made for Duty Overseas
Dir. Katie King, UK, 4:37
A noir-ish tale centered around a packet of menthol vogue cigarettes, moving between Sri Lanka and the UK. The narrator finds herself enticed into an addiction as she becomes intrigued by the allure of a woman’s identity.
Katie King is a textile artist working with 2D and stop-motion animation techniques. She will graduate in September 2023 with a master's in Animation from the Royal College of Art, London.
Dir. Katie King, UK, 4:37
A noir-ish tale centered around a packet of menthol vogue cigarettes, moving between Sri Lanka and the UK. The narrator finds herself enticed into an addiction as she becomes intrigued by the allure of a woman’s identity.
Katie King is a textile artist working with 2D and stop-motion animation techniques. She will graduate in September 2023 with a master's in Animation from the Royal College of Art, London.
Trace on My Body
Dir. Yue Hua, China, 3:10
A film about the female gaze and self-acceptance. In spring 2023, a physical illness forced me to re-examine my relationship with my body. Scars, spots, skin, hair, and my unflattering voice—everything belongs to my body.
Yue Hua/华越 is a filmmaker and multimedia artist, born and raised in China, currently based in Boston, MA. Yue’s art explores themes like spirit-body relationships, searching for belonging, and the female perspective. She teaches 16mm film production at Emerson College and is a member of the AgX film collective.
Dir. Yue Hua, China, 3:10
A film about the female gaze and self-acceptance. In spring 2023, a physical illness forced me to re-examine my relationship with my body. Scars, spots, skin, hair, and my unflattering voice—everything belongs to my body.
Yue Hua/华越 is a filmmaker and multimedia artist, born and raised in China, currently based in Boston, MA. Yue’s art explores themes like spirit-body relationships, searching for belonging, and the female perspective. She teaches 16mm film production at Emerson College and is a member of the AgX film collective.
Passageways
Dir. Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings, Canada, 4:41
A stop-motion documentary that takes a positive look at menopause. While different women confide how they experienced this natural and important passage in their lives, a female character tames her new environment and welcomes new ways of perceiving and projecting her femininity.
Geneviève Tremblay is a graduate of the Quebec Drama Conservatory (1998) and has been a scenographer and author for the stage for over twenty years. Her experiences in the performing arts sector led her to become interested in screenwriting, directing, project management, and artistic direction. She obtained a bachelor's degree in art and science of animation at Laval University in 2024.
Milla Cummings is a bachelor’s student in Animation Arts and Science at Laval University. Having obtained a DEC in cinema, she now specializes in stop-motion animation, experimental animation, and documentary animation. Her film Mwas presented at the 2023 Fantasia festival and Dérapage festival.
Dir. Geneviève Tremblay, Milla Cummings, Canada, 4:41
A stop-motion documentary that takes a positive look at menopause. While different women confide how they experienced this natural and important passage in their lives, a female character tames her new environment and welcomes new ways of perceiving and projecting her femininity.
Geneviève Tremblay is a graduate of the Quebec Drama Conservatory (1998) and has been a scenographer and author for the stage for over twenty years. Her experiences in the performing arts sector led her to become interested in screenwriting, directing, project management, and artistic direction. She obtained a bachelor's degree in art and science of animation at Laval University in 2024.
Milla Cummings is a bachelor’s student in Animation Arts and Science at Laval University. Having obtained a DEC in cinema, she now specializes in stop-motion animation, experimental animation, and documentary animation. Her film Mwas presented at the 2023 Fantasia festival and Dérapage festival.
Cut Me Summa Dat Noise
Dir. Cara Hagan, US, 6:11
A film that celebrates the rhythms of everyday life through the eyes of a neighborhood matriarch who sets the tone for a new day with the beat of her own heart. As the neighborhood comes to life, people of all ages unite in a joyous cacophony of sound that illuminates the connections between them as members of a vibrant and diverse community in rhythm.
Cara Hagan (She/They) is a mover, maker, writer, curator, champion of just communities, and a dreamer. She believes in the power of art to upend the laws of time and physics, a necessary occurrence in pursuit of liberation. Her recent work includes "were we birds?", an immersive, site-specific dance work, and her book Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice (2022).
Dir. Cara Hagan, US, 6:11
A film that celebrates the rhythms of everyday life through the eyes of a neighborhood matriarch who sets the tone for a new day with the beat of her own heart. As the neighborhood comes to life, people of all ages unite in a joyous cacophony of sound that illuminates the connections between them as members of a vibrant and diverse community in rhythm.
Cara Hagan (She/They) is a mover, maker, writer, curator, champion of just communities, and a dreamer. She believes in the power of art to upend the laws of time and physics, a necessary occurrence in pursuit of liberation. Her recent work includes "were we birds?", an immersive, site-specific dance work, and her book Screendance from Film to Festival: Celebration and Curatorial Practice (2022).
Chora
Dir. Ao Wei, UK, 8:05
"I have created a world called Chora, a world of pre-linguistic order, a maternal space where 'Chora' is both a living being with changing emotions and an architectural body with its own order. The world suggests the circulation and flow of energy within the female reproductive system—a raw female power."
Ao Wei (China, 1999) is a space designer, animation director, and visual artist. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from the China Academy of Art in 2020 and a Distinction Master's Degree from the London College of Art in 2023.
Dir. Ao Wei, UK, 8:05
"I have created a world called Chora, a world of pre-linguistic order, a maternal space where 'Chora' is both a living being with changing emotions and an architectural body with its own order. The world suggests the circulation and flow of energy within the female reproductive system—a raw female power."
Ao Wei (China, 1999) is a space designer, animation director, and visual artist. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from the China Academy of Art in 2020 and a Distinction Master's Degree from the London College of Art in 2023.
Anniversary
Dir. Stephanie Ibarra, Anna Torzullo, US, 3:50
A music video set at Camp Saint Helene, Catskill-based, casting a love spell in this 1970s camp-horror-prom aesthetic.
Dir. Stephanie Ibarra, Anna Torzullo, US, 3:50
A music video set at Camp Saint Helene, Catskill-based, casting a love spell in this 1970s camp-horror-prom aesthetic.
Sogno Rosso (Red Dream)
Dir. Coco Roy, US, 7:50
After being visited by 3 witches in a fever dream, a woman descends into a dreamscape blurring her reality with faded memories.
Coco Roy is a Leo born under a full moon. She is a local filmmaker and musician. Her films are heavily influenced by the occult, tarot, and the dream world.
Dir. Coco Roy, US, 7:50
After being visited by 3 witches in a fever dream, a woman descends into a dreamscape blurring her reality with faded memories.
Coco Roy is a Leo born under a full moon. She is a local filmmaker and musician. Her films are heavily influenced by the occult, tarot, and the dream world.
Into the Emerald Sea
Dir. Asuka Lin, Japan, 20:14
Suzu returns to their hometown from the depths of the ocean, reuniting with their grandmother who has been reborn into a sea turtle. Witnessing the marks of time left in a home that once was, Suzu grapples with the guilt of their disappearance.
Asuka Lin is a Japanese-Taiwanese filmmaker based in Los Angeles and co-founder of Total Blur Films. Their work explores themes of yearning and conflicting realities, spanning anarchic cyberpunk to meditative folktales.
Dir. Asuka Lin, Japan, 20:14
Suzu returns to their hometown from the depths of the ocean, reuniting with their grandmother who has been reborn into a sea turtle. Witnessing the marks of time left in a home that once was, Suzu grapples with the guilt of their disappearance.
Asuka Lin is a Japanese-Taiwanese filmmaker based in Los Angeles and co-founder of Total Blur Films. Their work explores themes of yearning and conflicting realities, spanning anarchic cyberpunk to meditative folktales.
Marrow of My Bones
Dir. Karly McCloskey, Canada, 2:11
A short experimental film that plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body in a tactile and gritty manner. The film features a playful electroacoustic soundscape, blending voice, analog synthesizers, and field recordings.
Karly McCloskey is a Canadian artist specializing in videography, editing, and animation. Her work embodies both analogue and digital techniques and explores themes of hybridity, embodiment, and otherness. She holds a BFA in Integrated Media and an MFA in Art, Media, and Design.
Dir. Karly McCloskey, Canada, 2:11
A short experimental film that plays with the concept of post-humanism via the return to nature and the body in a tactile and gritty manner. The film features a playful electroacoustic soundscape, blending voice, analog synthesizers, and field recordings.
Karly McCloskey is a Canadian artist specializing in videography, editing, and animation. Her work embodies both analogue and digital techniques and explores themes of hybridity, embodiment, and otherness. She holds a BFA in Integrated Media and an MFA in Art, Media, and Design.
All That’s Left
Dir. Simone Holland, US, 10:51
A surreal look into the perception of existence, Mercedes loses herself through the many people that seamlessly enter and exit her universe. Thrown into the maze of her mind, she struggles to differentiate reality from imagination.
Simone Holland is an EMMY Award-winning Camera Operator and former 2022 ROTATE Fellow. She is a directorial fellow for YouTube and Wieden + Kennedy and has worked with major brands and artists such as McDonald's, Nike, Jazmine Sullivan, and Jamila Woods. Simone is also a creative director for Mojo Supermarket Content.
Dir. Simone Holland, US, 10:51
A surreal look into the perception of existence, Mercedes loses herself through the many people that seamlessly enter and exit her universe. Thrown into the maze of her mind, she struggles to differentiate reality from imagination.
Simone Holland is an EMMY Award-winning Camera Operator and former 2022 ROTATE Fellow. She is a directorial fellow for YouTube and Wieden + Kennedy and has worked with major brands and artists such as McDonald's, Nike, Jazmine Sullivan, and Jamila Woods. Simone is also a creative director for Mojo Supermarket Content.
Lost Boys Pizza
Dir. Cassie Llanas, US, 14:08, Comedy
On a Halloween night, two theater kids confront Dracula, using the power of dance to send him away.
Cassie Llanas is a queer Latinx award-winning filmmaker currently based in Chicago.
Dir. Cassie Llanas, US, 14:08, Comedy
On a Halloween night, two theater kids confront Dracula, using the power of dance to send him away.
Cassie Llanas is a queer Latinx award-winning filmmaker currently based in Chicago.
La Chascona
Dir. Maria João Lourenço, UK, 1:21
An intimate moment in broad daylight on the Valparaíso shore.
Maria João Lourenço is a Portuguese animator and trans filmmaker exploring queer feminist narratives through stop-motion and 2D animation. With a background in fashion and education, her work reflects a unique perspective on contemporary issues. She earned her MA in Character Animation from Central Saint Martins in 2023 and is based in London.
Dir. Maria João Lourenço, UK, 1:21
An intimate moment in broad daylight on the Valparaíso shore.
Maria João Lourenço is a Portuguese animator and trans filmmaker exploring queer feminist narratives through stop-motion and 2D animation. With a background in fashion and education, her work reflects a unique perspective on contemporary issues. She earned her MA in Character Animation from Central Saint Martins in 2023 and is based in London.
Poppy's Saturn
Dir. Nicole Tegelaar, Belgium, 14:35
When nightclub singer Poppy is confronted by a black-eyed man, she is overcome by fear. The event triggers a buried sexual trauma she must overcome in a kaleidoscopic world of glitter, music, and blood.
Nicole Tegelaar (1991) is a Dutch filmmaker and art director living in Ghent, Belgium. Her film Poppy's Saturn (2023) is her master's graduation project from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent
Dir. Nicole Tegelaar, Belgium, 14:35
When nightclub singer Poppy is confronted by a black-eyed man, she is overcome by fear. The event triggers a buried sexual trauma she must overcome in a kaleidoscopic world of glitter, music, and blood.
Nicole Tegelaar (1991) is a Dutch filmmaker and art director living in Ghent, Belgium. Her film Poppy's Saturn (2023) is her master's graduation project from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent