films
Throes has recently started producing experimental short films.
The Lick
An after-death experience featuring Simon and Ana, characters from The Itch, shot on 16mm film.
Featuring Gore Abrams, Allison Anderegg, Alexandra Zelman-Doring, Vanya Goldenstein
Written & Directed by Alexandra Zelman-Doring
Director of Photography Anya Alekhina
Editor George Gavin
Art Director George Gavin / Wardrobe Flavia Masson
Assistant Director Mojo Lorwin / Production Manager Mojo Lorwin
Lighting Nick Kral / Sound Avantika Nimbalker
Assistant Camera Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Dolly Grip Nick Kral
Dog Wrangler Lee Cahill
Music Gore Abrams, Alexandra Zelman- Doring, Peter Fox
More details & information of where to watch coming soon!
La Poubelle (in progress)
La Poubelle is the story of a young hunger artist and her two half-siblings. As she lies in bed voluntarily starving herself to death, Z speaks of the horrors of the world in her own poetic yet realistic language. She adopts her own philosophical, artistic, and political stance against the state of things, embodying a disillusioned yet (in her way) determined youth. Her siblings, both complacent and egoistic, nevertheless feel a need to help their sister. On the day they decide to take action and end her strike, they are surprised by their sister’s act of defeat.
This film raises questions about the role of the young artist in society today. Without proposing a “message” or“solution” La Poubelle opens into the world of three very different people bound together by a blood tie: their father. They lead separate lives with separate goals, yet one sibling’s choice affects the group profoundly.
The film functions of the level of symbolism and portrays the mysterious life-flow that permeates the everyday when interrupted by an act of defiance.
Featuring Pierre Ensergueix, Zoé Besmond de Senneville, Julien Hamelin & Alexandra Zelman-Doring
Written and Directed by Alexandra Zelman-Doring
Edited by George Gavin
More details and video excerpts coming soon!