Compulsory Breathing
(color, 24 minutes, 2002)



 

From the world's capital of killing yourself (San Francisco) comes this twisted bouquet of a love story about a suicidal human beatbox and a forlorn street urchin who wants to borrow his gun when he's finished.

"An outstanding short film...tragic and funny." - e.Critic.com
"You can't get it out of your mind...intriguing." -Independent Lens
"Surprising, fun, and believably strange." -Had To Be Made Film Festival
"Wonderful...touching...hilarious." -Mill Valley Film Festival

Official Selection:
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
Long Island Film Festival
Wine Country Film Festival
Palm Springs Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival

 
Independent Lens (PBS TV, 2003-04 season)
Film Arts Festival
One Reel Film Festival
Had To Be Made Film Festival

Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Portland Film Festival
Credits:
Written and directed by David Munro
Produced by Xandra Castleton
Executive Producers: Sonja Hoel, Wendy Wilson-Hoss, George Heidorn and Karen Jensen
Cinematography by Adam Ballachey
Edited by Affonso Goncalves
starring Yuri Lane and Beth Lisick

 

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
(color, 14 minutes, 2002)

Playfully updating the 1950's school documentary, "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" offers up political and social satire in a densely written, highly comic and emotional collage film. The fictional stories of a conservative politician, a young couple, and a fundamentalist activist are interwoven with a factual chronicle of the decline in amphibian populations to expose the creeping erosion of reproductive rights in the United States. All linked through a family-owned Chinese dry cleaner.

"Brilliantly woven pastiche that combines archival and original footage in a highly amusing but incisive examination of the fight for reproductive choice."
-- Time Out New York

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Official Selection:
Sundance Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
American Film Institute Festival
Hawaii Film Festival
Black Maria Film Festival - Juror's Citation
Moab Film Festival - Best Documentary Short
Aspen Shortsfest
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Ohio Independent Film Festival
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Portland Film Festival
 


Nashville Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Atlanta Film Festival
Pacific Film Archive at UC Berkeley
IMAGE
Lunafest
1 Reel Film Festival
Malibu Film Festival
The Florida Room Documentary
Film Festival

International Festival of Cinema and Technology


Credits:
Directed by Tiffany Shlain
Written by Tiffany Shlain, Maya Draisin and Xandra Castleton
Produced by Xandra Castleton
Funding provided by Planned Parenthood, Golden Gate
For complete credits, online press kit, purchase information and links to pro-choice organizations please visit www.lifeliberty.net
 


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