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Wifey.tv is collaborating with Film Fatales LA and Cinefamily to start a new screening series focused on women directors and their short films called Wifey Presents..
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The first of these screenings will happen on July 26th at Cinefamily and will feature six shorts directed by Shaz Bennett, Brooke Sebold, Sarah Shapiro, Maggie Kiley, Sian Heder, and Jennifer Phang..
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Here is an interview with Brooke Sebold, whose short, The Last Cigarette, will be featured at the first Wifey Presents..
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What was the moment you realized you wanted to be a filmmaker?.
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Part of me knew I wanted to be a filmmaker at 12, when I spent a year in bed recuperating after a major skiing accident. Film became my life, in the sense that I mostly lived through the films that I watched, and I devoured everything. I would watch my favorites on repeat, studying story and camera. But the idea of becoming a director myself was completely intangible to me. It wasn't until college when films like Boys Don't Cry, But I'm A Cheerleader and High Art came out, that I realized directing was even a possibility. Not only were all these directors women, they were also telling the kinds of stories I wanted to tell. Suddenly, filmmaking seemed like an option..
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When did you first feel like a director?.
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In the edit room of my very first Film. Final Cut had just come out, but we were learning on the Steenbeck, and I remember assembling with my hands a first cut from the first roll of film I had ever shot, and then playing it back and thinking, I directed this. It was the very best feeling..
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How was being a part of the Film Fatale's community helped you?.
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I felt a jolt of excitement I can't quite explain after my first Fatales meeting. There's an addictive energy to being around female directors who are figuring out ways to continue making work, despite all the statistics. I joined the Fatales in NY near it's beginning, and came to rely on the advice of my fellow Fatales, but I also craved that energy. When I moved out west and started the LA chapter, I had no conception of how hard and fast the Fatale ball would roll. We've exploded into a vibrant community offering support and knowledge through craft related discussions and peer to peer mentorship. For me personally, the Fatales have provided a filmmaking support network, and our monthly gathering continue to give me that jolt of excitement. An awareness that it's all possible..
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What is your favorite movie?.
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I have so many, but Me and You and Everyone We Know is certainly high on the list..
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What is your favorite bad movie/guilty pleasure?.
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Hmmm. Blue Crush, perhaps..
Check out our profile from last week Jennifer Phang!
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.Buy tickets to Wifey Presents!
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Sorry, we are not discussing this one.