SYNOPSIS
A theater director and actress by training, Janicza Bravo has nine short films under her belt (including the 2013 Sundance Jury Prize winning “Gregory Go Boom" starring Michael Cera). As described by IndieWire, Bravo's work "maintains an unnerving quality that feels like cringe-comedy but often takes a sharp turn into odd and alarming glimpses of angry, pathetic characters."
In honor of the debut of her first feature length film, Lemon, (one of the year's breakout buzz films from Sundance) we will screen some of the brazenly offbeat shorts that shaped this auteur’s utterly unique perspective.
Following the screenings will be a Q&A with Bravo moderated by actor and comedian Brett Gelman.
GUEST BIOS
Janicza Bravo
Janicza Bravo is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. She was raised on an army base in Panama City, Panama. She studied directing and design for theatre at NYU. She's mounted plays in the states and abroad. Her film work has screened at AFI, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Carnegie Hall, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca. In 2014, she was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 Faces of Film. Her short film, Gregory Go Boom won a Jury Prize for US Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, she directed the “Juneteenth” episode of the acclaimed FX series Atlanta created by Donald Glover. Her debut feature film Lemon world premiered at Sundance and internationally premiered and opened IFFR, the 48th Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Moderator - Brett Gelman
Gelman is a comedian and actor formally trained in classical theater. In addition to his roles in films such as The Other Guys, 30 Minutes or Less, and James Franco's upcoming The Disaster Artist, he has also appeared in TV shows such as Love, Fleabag, Drunk History, Blunt Talk, and High Maintenance, as well as Comedy Central's Another Period and Adult Swim's Eagleheart. He has written for The Eric Andre Show and is no stranger to sketch comedy, appearing on HBO's Funny or Die Presents and as a regular performer for The Upright Citizens Brigade and participant on Chris Hardwick's @midnight. In 2017, Gelman starred in and co-wrote Lemon, opposite Judy Greer, Michael Cera, Nia Long and Gillian Jacobs, directed by Janicza Bravo. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
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