THE ESCAPISM SERIES
Short Film Series | Summer 2022 | Complete
A five part series of film exercises exploring escapism.
Role | Writer/Director/Producer
Director(s) of Photography | Mir Lien, Theo Braun, Oliver Zel
I - TRANQUILITY
A songwriter must find inner peace in order to finish a song.
Director | Mir Lien
Director of Photography | Theo Braun
Starring | Haley Grace Herman
II - SOLITUDE
A hyperrealistic expression of the juxtaposition between self-consciousness and the freedom of solitude.
Director | Mir Lien
Director of Photography | Oliver Zel, Theo Braun
Starring | Alyssa Villareal
III - AUTONOMY
Women should have the right to bodily autonomy. A response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Director | Mir Lien
Director of Photography | Theo Braun
Starring | Mir Lien
IV - ENDINGS
An investigation of escapism through film.
Editor | Mir Lien
Found footage.
V - CHASING CRANES
A young woman is presented with a mystical opportunity to escape a harsh reality.
Director | Mir Lien
Director of Photography | Mir Lien
Starring | Sophie Sun