My Art

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Series/Themes: zCreative Arts, zNew Additions

Genre: Drama

Film Year: 2017

Locations: USA

Film Length: 86 min.

Director: Laurie Simmons

Featuring: Robert Clohessy, Grace Dunham, Lena Dunham, Parker Posey, Benjamin Eakely.

Ellie Shine lives a good life in New York City as a single artist with a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal dog. As her decades-old dream of a respectable place in the art world becomes more elusive, her frustration with her lack of recognition becomes urgent. When she is offered the summerhouse and studio of a famous friend, she uses the opportunity to reset her artistic work and creativity. In the idyllic small town, she meets three out-of-work actors, Frank, Tom and John, who each have unique ways of balancing their ambitions and their relationships. Elle reinvents her artistic identity by creating improbable recreations of old Hollywood films with the gregarious trio. This is the first feature film by artist Laurie Simmons. She stars in the film along side her daughters, Lena and Grace Dunham.

Sunday, November 12
6:00 PM
Other : St. Anne’s-Belfield
Add To Calendar 20171112 18:00 20171112 20:00 America/New_York VFF: My Art

Ellie Shine lives a good life in New York City as a single artist with a stable teaching job, successful friends, and a loyal dog. As her decades-old dream of a respectable place in the art world becomes more elusive, her frustration with her lack of recognition becomes urgent. When she is offered the summerhouse and studio of a famous friend, she uses the opportunity to reset her artistic work and creativity. In the idyllic small town, she meets three out-of-work actors, Frank, Tom and John, who each have unique ways of balancing their ambitions and their relationships. Elle reinvents her artistic identity by creating improbable recreations of old Hollywood films with the gregarious trio. This is the first feature film by artist Laurie Simmons. She stars in the film along side her daughters, Lena and Grace Dunham.

 Other : St. Anne’s-Belfield Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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