Short Films by Jennifer Reeder

Short Films by Jennifer Reeder

10 Episodes

David Lynch meets John Hughes in the surreally sinister teenage dreams of Jennifer Reeder. Evoking the inner worlds of adolescent girls and women at moments of crisis and transformation, she combines hallucinatory Day-Glo visuals, moody synthscapes, and deliberately kitschy touches—DIY props, talking stuffed animals, references to eighties pop culture—to create an alternate Americana that feels at once familiar and unsettlingly uncanny. Laced with Reeder’s feminist spirit, these spellbinding short films are at once eerie and empowering visions of female coming-of-age in all its wonder, terror, and mystery.

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Short Films by Jennifer Reeder

10 Episodes

  • Jennifer Reeder Interview
    13:24
    Jennifer Reeder Interview
    Episode 1

    Jennifer Reeder Interview

    Episode 1

    This interview with director Jennifer Reeder was recorded in 2020.

  • Seven Songs About Thunder
    20:17
    Seven Songs About Thunder
    Episode 2

    Seven Songs About Thunder

    Episode 2

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2010 • United States
    Starring Darline Jarry, Paula Carter, Jon Osbeck

    When a young woman finds the dead body of a teenage girl in the woods, she is forced to confront her greatest fear—her fantastically failing life—in this black comedy about a mother, a daughter, a...

  • Tears Cannot Restore Her: Therefore, I Weep
    09:42
    Tears Cannot Restore Her: Therefore, I Weep
    Episode 3

    Tears Cannot Restore Her: Therefore, I Weep

    Episode 3

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2011 • United States
    Starring Gaynelle W. Sloman, Emily Soppe

    A lecture on electromagnetism spins off the rails when a sign-language interpreter suffers an epic on-the-job meltdown.

  • And I Will Rise If Only to Hold You Down
    24:02
    And I Will Rise If Only to Hold You Down
    Episode 4

    And I Will Rise If Only to Hold You Down

    Episode 4

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2012 • United States
    Starring Katherine Crockett, Kasey Busiel, Grace Etzkorn

    A scene from an early draft of director Jennifer Reeder’s feature debut, KNIVES AND SKIN, provided the source for this darkly humorous story about slow jams, bad magic, and a family on the...

  • A Million Miles Away
    27:58
    A Million Miles Away
    Episode 5

    A Million Miles Away

    Episode 5

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2014 • United States
    Starring Kelsey Ashby-Middleton, Marissa Castillo, Jennifer Estlin

    A woman in crisis and a pack of teenage girls simultaneously experience a supernatural coming-of-age. The transformation is equal parts tense and tender as it unravels to the inf...

  • Blood Below the Skin
    32:54
    Blood Below the Skin
    Episode 6

    Blood Below the Skin

    Episode 6

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2015 • Canada
    Starring Kelsey Ashby-Middleton, Morgan S. Reesh, Marissa Castillo

    Countdown to prom night is actually countdown to irreversible change for three girls. While two of them fall in love with each other against all expectations, the third is forced to mot...

  • Crystal Lake
    19:56
    Crystal Lake
    Episode 7

    Crystal Lake

    Episode 7

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2016 • United States
    Starring Marcela Okeke, Shea Vaughan-Gabor, Kristyn Zoe Wilkerson

    A group of girls take over a skate park and form an all-female force field on the half-pipe.

  • Shuvit
    05:53
    Shuvit
    Episode 8

    Shuvit

    Episode 8

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2017 • United States
    Starring Levi Huffman, Jimmy Pennington

    SHUVIT is a glimpse into a day shared by an extremely sad father and his daredevil son. Each has experienced an especially traumatic afternoon, and although they bond over their love of skateboarding, neit...

  • Lola, 15
    04:35
    Lola, 15
    Episode 9

    Lola, 15

    Episode 9

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2017 • United States
    Starring Lola Beale

    This documentary intimately observes the sacred spaces of a fifteen-year-old girl named Lola. Through languid drifts across the details of her bedroom, a secret language is revealed.

  • All Small Bodies
    19:37
    All Small Bodies
    Episode 10

    All Small Bodies

    Episode 10

    Directed by Jennifer Reeder • 2017 • Germany
    Starring Sophia Hegarty Scholfield, Katharine Naughton, Yodit Riemersma

    This feminist spin on the tale of Hansel and Gretel unfolds in the chaotic aftermath of a planetary catastrophe, as two resilient teenage girls awaken their extrasensory abilities...

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