MY FIRST FILM

Published by Reblogs - Credits in Posts, September 30th, 2024

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a film by Zia Anger

Nearly 15 years later, Vita (Odessa Young), recounts making her first feature - a semi-autobiographical film about a young woman who gets pregnant and decides to leave home. Being an enthusiastic but inexperienced filmmaker the shoot is chaotic, and her ego-tripping methods destroy the production. As her "first film" falls apart, director Zia Anger stages a lyrical auto-critique that probes the nature of artistic truth and personal mythmaking.

"a masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."

Richard Brody, New Yorker

""My First Film" announces a bold, disruptive new talent in American cinema"

Natalia Winkelman, Indiewire

" It’s the meta movie to end all meta movies."

Chase Hutchinson, Collider

"it’s rare to witness a new voice emerge, an artist bold enough to play around with cinematic language and form, as though there are no rules."

Sheila O'Malley, Roger Ebert

"so obviously a work of genius"

Sarah G. Vincent, Boston Movie News

"a meditation on how, and why, we create"

Alissa Wilkinson, The New York Times

"a triumphant self-portrait fueled by failure"

David Renshaw, The Fader

" a reflective critique of artistic truth. Through intricate and fearless storytelling, this labor of love stands as a powerful statement from an exciting director we should keep on our radar."

Morgan Rojas, Cinemacy

"you can’t help but admire Anger’s audacity, sly humour and film-making chops"

Leslie Felperin, The Guardian

"a fascinating exploration of cinematic language and the myriad of ways the camera can literally inhabit a narrative. "

Savina Petroka, Little White Lies

"a wildly imaginative, almost disorientingly complex and unapologetically sincere film — is a testament to the collective energy necessary for all creation"

Chris Cassignham, Journey Into Cinema

"A playfully self-aware film-within-a-film, My First Film veers between moments of blissful joy through to self-doubt and untold truths"

Mark Adams, Business Doc Europe

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New Yorker

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The Fader

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Variety

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MUBI Notebook

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