May Day by Kim Reese
Wisconsin (Wisconsin Premiere)Running Time: 11 minutes
Drama
September
Avalon Atmospheric Theater
2473 S Kinnickinnic Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207
After spending her 16th birthday alone, Gemma must confront her future and what she becomes.
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Directors Bio:
Kim Reese is a Milwaukee-based filmmaker. Reese graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a BFA in Film.In both her documentary and narrative works, representation and community lie as a throughline in much of her work. Her pieces have been shown in a variety of spaces: Milwaukee Film Festival in Wisconsin, Nō Studios Film Showcase in Wisconsin, Door County Kinetic Arts Festival in Wisconsin, and the Power24 Film Festival in South Africa, among others. Now during her post-grad filmmaking career, Reese has worked as a Production Designer, Assistant Director, Editor, Producer, and more. She is looking forward to continuing her career in the Midwest area.
Director's Statement:
My collection of work exemplifies the human experience and vulnerability through the lens of time-based media. By hinging on the puzzle pieces of self, my films organize around detrivializing common and intimate feelings. I attend to film in every area of production: a jack of all trades in the machine of movies. If I am not familiar with a tool, I must adapt to be. My influences arrive from the neighbor kids, closed door conversations, and a strangers family photos. My work aims to create an experience akin to a home video. May Day, for example, hold the familiar elements of a birthday – the awkwardness of being sun to an the disappointment of aging – to create a home away from home: a present tense nostalgia. May Day is a film where I get to befriend every element of the machine. I grow myself as a person and on screen.
I look forward to continuing to grow in my art by further creating films and lending my skills to those around me. My work can be seen on my website or in local screenings.
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