SNAILS

I created snails as part of a COVID project, Swimming in the Clouds: Dreams and Videos from Covid Time, which I produced for the video collective Termite TV. 10 media artists from across the United States made films about their dreams during the pandemic. In snails, I recount a dream in which the world is ending, and I ask my mother if eating snails for survival would be an option. My daughter then interprets the dream for me. snails was shown in England, Russia, Romania, Portugal, Lithuania, Israel, and the US. Re-enacted and filmed with puppet heads from artist Kyla Kegler, performed by Lindsey Griffith, Greta Lee, and myself. (3 mins, 2021)

Credits:

Directed/Edited by Dorothea Braemer

Co-directed by Kyla Kegler

Camera/Color Correction/Sound Mix by Carl Lee

Actors: Dorothea Braemer & Lindsey Griffith

Voices: Dorothea Braemer & Greta Lee

Music: “Mount Pleasant, Dawn” by Thalia Brisson

Screenings:

  • The San Francisco International Festival of Short Films, SF, CA, 10/23

  • Make Arts Not Fear Festival, Porto, Portugal, 10/23

  • The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, Morgantown, WV, 4/23

  • Katze Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 4/23

  • Short Shot Fest, Moscow, Russia, 12/22

  • Iconic Images Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11/22

  • Dreamer’s Short Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 7/22

  • Short and to the Point Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania, 7/22

  • Micromania Film Festival, Buffalo, NY, 9/22

  • Women Over 50 Film Festival, London, England, 9/22

  • Bizzarya Short Film Festival, Portugal (finalist), 4/23

  • FilmHaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (finalist) 4/23