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Caryn Waechter

Director

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ESCAPE

2018 / 9 min / Alexa

A woman’s memory unravels with the pop of champagne.

RITES

2015 / 11 min / HD

A young man is lured to New York City's The Black Party, where he lusts after the object of his obsession by experimenting with the rituals of an underground society.

Filmed live in the Saint at Large's infamous annual party in a crowd of 5,000 men. Premiered at Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival (2015). Won Best Musical Film at Cinekink.

BEAT

2001 / 11 min / 8mm

A young wanna-be DJ gets his chance to match beats and eyes with a raver at an underground club.

 

Caryn's first short film BEAT (2001), shot guerrilla-style on super 8mm in real underground parties, marked her as a visual director "communicating technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced stories at a visceral level." The film premiered at International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

GOD IS GOOD

2004 / 23 min / 16mm

On a hot summer day, Harold traps a frog while his mother devises a plan to escape. Based on a true story. 


AWARDS: 

  • Faculty Selects, Columbia University Film Festival (2004)

  • New Line Cinema Award for Best Director, Columbia University Film Festival (2004)

  • Kodak Grant, Columbia University Film Festival (2004)

  • Special Jury Prize, USA Film Festival (2004)

  • First Prize for Editing, Rhode Island Film Festival (2004)

  • Top Prize at Chinese-American Festival of Film and Culture (2005) 

  • Narrative Short Finalist, IFP Market (2005)

COLACHE

2010 / 2 min / HD

Cinéma vérité of b-boys at Coney Island.

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