FILM mixed digital devices, bw, colour, sound, 07’ 51", 2020
“A Study On Behaviour, In Isolation” is the third film in the trilogy. Set and shot, in 2020, during the lockdown for COVID-19 directed remotely from Milan to London via different digital and streaming devices, it marks a clear unprecedented moment in time. It is a product of the confinement period, technically and creatively. We aimed to work with the constraints and boundaries that came hand in hand with quarantine. This film draws elements from both previous films in the series ; the private behavior one exhibits when aware that no one is watching, and the frustrations and highlights that are products of this. It is set retrospectively, our subject reflects on the period as a memory but we still feel as if we are with her in real time as she narrates her experiences, emotions, struggles and delights.
Produced by EXT.ANGST.
EXT. ANGST is an independent film label created by Mara Palena and Jessamine-Bliss Bell. They have a deep interest in making experimental films, with no purpose other than to explore areas of film making and ideas they feel there is limited space for in the industry. Mara has a background in the fashion industry, she then moved on to photography and videography work exploring mostly the themes of identity and memories. She has a deep knowledge of cinema and a very unique aesthetic identity as a film maker. Jessamine is an actress who studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She has worked internationally and explored many types of film making. She aims to implicate and explore elements of the method on film, through EXT. ANGST. She also writes the projects about themes that feel relevant to her and to her place in society. Together, they aim at making films that not only exercise their curiosity for the themes of the films, but study the human behaviour and particularly that in the context of our society. EXT ANGST aims at making films freely, always searching for the truth of the moments whilst staying true to the narrative of each project.
Crew
Directed by...............Mara Palena
Written & Narrated by.......Jessamine-Bliss Bell
Starred by................Jessamine-Bliss Bell
Edited by.................Mara Palena
Styled by.................Patricia Villirillo
Set by....................Anouk McDonald
Music by..................Frédéric Chopin, Cantabile
Sound Post ...............BENZENE .........................Benjamin Desplanques, Hugo Escuirol
Awards
Masters of Cinema
..........Official Selection, 2022
Kiez Berlin Film Festival
..........Winner, 2022
Rieti & Sabina Film Festival
..........Semi-finalist, 2021
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
..........Honorable Mention, 2021
Hollywood International Golden Age Festival
..........Honorable Mention, 2021
BIMIFF – Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival
..........Nominee, 2021
International Aft Film Festival
..........Official Selection, 2021
BLOW-UP International Arthouse Filmfest Chicago
..........Semi-finalist, 2021
Venice Shorts
..........Semi-finalist, 2020
AltFF Alternative Film Festival
..........Semi-finalist, 2020
