RPM and Brattle Theater present program of short experimental films by Boston-based filmmaker (and Agx member) Alison Folland. Program will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and her friend and mentor, filmmaker Jennifer Montgomery. The screening will take place on Sunday March 19th at 2 PM at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA.
Film Program
Attitudes Passionelles (2015, HD. 13 min)
A hybrid video essay exploring topics of romantic ballet, madness, and
the relationship between physical gesture and inner state.
House (2015, HD. 16 min)
An adaptation of the "Full House" pilot, set on a half-built house outside Athens, Greece.
Evangelia C’est Moi (2017, 16mm to HD, 11 min)
The joys and heartaches of largesse. A real-life Madame Bovary reflects on her past excesses from her kitchen in austerity-era Greece.
Keeping Together in Time (2020, 16mm to HD, 9 min)
This film is an attempt to define the word, “teleomeric". It is an imaginary word, taught to me by my husband. He later had a stroke and lost his language, leaving me with the memory of a word that I cannot find in the dictionary.
Feather Family (WIP, 16mm to HD, 5 min)
A child tastes freedom, loneliness, power and care via an animal simulator game. Roles are rehearsed and reversed.
BIO
Alison Folland is a filmmaker and performer based in Somerville, MA. Her short hybrid films engage questions of affect and truth-value and are directly informed by her work as an actor in the commercial film industry. Alison studied physical theater at the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU/Tisch and film/video art at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her films have been screened at festivals such as Athens International Film and Video Festival (Ohio), Athens International Film Festival (Greece), Antimatter (Victoria, BC), and Winnipeg Underground Film Festival. As a performer, Alison has worked with directors such as Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes, Barbet Schroeder, and David O. Russell. She is a member of Agx Film Collective and teaches 16mm filmmaking at Emerson College.
