They Were Very Close Friends
post-production
Creators: Brigitte Williamson, Hannah Provisor Writers: Hannah Provisor, Alexandra Mackey, Brigitte Williamson Producer: Brigitte Williamson, Hannah Provisor, Lauren Young Director of Photography: Lauren Young Costumes: Brigitte Williamson
Summer is here and a steamy secret romance between two 18th century gentlewomen is ON. But when their straight bestie catches them tit-on-tit and mistakes it as a mere tête-à-tête, they wonder: is high society even capable of catching on?
With Brigitte Williamson, Hannah Provisor & Asha Noel Iyer Short | 10 min
Rupture
completed, internet release
Writer/Director: Anisha Adusumilli Producers: Anisha Adusumilli, Brigitte Williamson Editor: Jill Rivera Director of Photography: Stephen Ling
The subject of an experimental consciousness study is woken back up into this plane of reality - and brings back memories that her clinician might rather forget.
With Brigitte Williamson & Melinda Elvenes Short | 2 min
Sweetie Pie
completed, national festival circuit
Director: Mary Clare Plaschke Writer/Producer: Brigitte Williamson Producer: Leanne Velednitsky Editor/Producer: Chandler Wild Director of Photography: Maria Rusche
When an important invitation arrives, a wannabe homemaker must try her hand at the brutal sport of pie-making.
With Brigitte Williamson & Meredyth Kenney Short | 3 min
Writer’s Statement
Like the pursuit of any art, piemaking is a skill that is developed through brutal trial and error. It’s intuitive and tactile, and the quest for the perfect pie is cruel to novices.
Sweetie Pie is a rumination on this pitiless pursuit, inspired by the parable of the ceramics class put forth by David Bayles and Ted Orland in their book Art and Fear. They describe a ceramics class in which the students are divided into two groups, quality and quantity. The results are such:
While the quantity group was busily churning out piles of work, the quality group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.
It’s a story of the paralysis of perfectionism, and the ineffectual compulsion to work and rework the clay in our hands until it is beyond use. These are experiences known to so many early-career artists who need the courage (and opportunities) to fail on their way up the mountain.
Winner - Great Performances Artistic Fellowship Grant Winner - Best Shorts Award of Excellence Finalist - Nassau Film Festival Best Fiction Short Official Selection - Oregon Short Film Festival Official Selection - Austin Micro Short Film Festival Official Selection - SoCal Film Awards Official Selection - Horsetooth International Film Festival Official Selection - Lady Filmmakers Festival Honorable Mention - Deep Focus Film Festival
