Your Final Meditation w/ Living Reality + Application To Be Lars Von Trier’s “Female Girlfriend/Muse” (Q+A with filmmakers moderated by Zia Anger)

Your Final Meditation (2024) – 52 mins.
Directed by Corey Hughes
Synopsis: Isolated in her warehouse apartment, Jodiiie plays a VR guided meditation video game to calm her escalating anxiety. The game, run by a next generation AI algorithm, adapts its gameplay to the player’s emotions as they navigate twelve levels on a quest to achieve the ultimate goal: transcendence. Jodiiie becomes increasingly consumed by the game as the meditation descends into a maze of real, virtual, and hybrid worlds. Ultimately, Jodiiie must transcend the game itself.
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Living Reality (2024) – 15 mins.
Directed by Philip Thompson
Synopsis: An exploration of the emotional divide between fiction and reality in the American sitcom.
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Application To Be Lars Von Trier’s “Female Girlfriend/Muse” (2024) – 15 mins.
Directed by Theresa Tomi Faison
Synopsis: August 11th, 2023 filmmaker and Dogme 95 founder Lars Von Trier posted a video on instagram seeking applications for a, “female girlfriend/muse.” Later that week I visited Rose, my 74 year old best friend, neighbor, and muse, to film an application. Lars has yet to respond.
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Q&A with filmmakers moderated by Zia Anger following screening.