balaena (2023)

balaena (8 min, HD, 2023)

Synopsis

A stranded whale meets its simulacrum as human interlopers observe, collect, dissect, and take selfies. A woman seeks closure. Blurring documentary and fiction, the film explores the changes wrought by human progress and advancement through an experimental lens: the time has come to mourn the whale.

AWARDS:

Best Experimental Film - 28th New Jersey International Film Festival

Second Prize - FEAR Juried Group Show ArtAlta and Alina Art Foundation

Third Place, 32nd Emerald Coast National, Mattie Kelly Art Center Galleries, Niceville, FL

Group shows

32nd annual Emerald Coast National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, FL

Fear: ArteAlta and Alina Foundation, Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Orso, Aosta, Italy

Monster and Godesses, Lady Room, Los Angeles, CA

Selected screenings

25th Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris, France

4th Tranås at the Fringe Festival

27th Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS

28th New Jersey International Film Festival

41 Uppsala Short Film Festival

40 Torino Film Festival

24th Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND

8th Defy Film Festival, Nashville, TN

9th CineAutopsia Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Colombia