FREAK (2024)
BY CLAIRE BARNETT
ABOUT
Year: 2024
Length: 13 min, 30 seconds
Format: HI_8 TAPE
Production Country: USA
SYNOPSIS
On the eve of her 26th Birthday, Lainey is confronted with a question that tests the boundaries of her relationship: what is your deepest, darkest fantasy?
CAST
LEAD ACTOR — Nancy MacArthur
LEAD ACTOR — Oliver Demers
TEAM
WRITER/DIRECTOR — Claire Barnett
CINEMATOGRAPHY — Claire Barnett, Nancy MacArtuher, Oliver Demers
EDITING — Claire Barnett
SOUND DESIGN — Giorgi Koridze, Nino Benashvili
COLOR — Clinton Homuth
GRAPHIC DESIGNER — Andre Shen
PRODUCERS — Claire Barnett, Natalie Remplakowski
DISTRIBUTION
For programming requests, please contact:
Pierre Brouillette-Hamelin — Distribution Coordinator
FESTIVALS
77th Locarno International Film Festival — Pardi di Domani International Competition, Special Mention — World Premiere
Vancouver International Film Festival — MODES Official Selection — North American Premiere
Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey — Mexico Premiere
Porny Days — Switzerland Premiere
37th Minimalen International Short Film Festival — Honorable Mention — Norway Premiere
MoMA Doc Fortnight — USA Premiere
Kino Athens International Independent Film Festival — Greece Premiere
Glasgow Short Film Festival — Bill Douglas Audience Award — Scotland Premiere
Festival des films de Femmes de Créteil — France Premiere
Film Fest Dresden International Short Film Festival — Germany Premiere
Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec
Vienna Short Film Festival — Austria Premiere
Leiden Shorts — Netherlands Premiere
SYNCRO, the International Short Film Festival — Special Mention in the Protagonists Competition — Argentina Premiere
Raindance — United Kingdom
Tokok Film Fest — Italy Premiere
Wick Monet Film Festival — USA
ANDARAS - Traveling Film Festival — Best Erotic Art — Italy
Mimosa Collective Screening — Germany
Fantasia Montréal — Canada
Minikino Film Week — Indonesia Premiere
Bolton International Film Festival — United Kingdom
Festival Henri Langlois — France
SXSW Sydney — Australian Premiere
20minmax Short Film Festival — Germany
Interfilm Berlin — Germany