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There, Where She is Not
2022, 7 minutes, 16mm > digital
Echos of a time in my grandmother's life that she no longer remembers—a fractured memory recollected through proxy figures Frances Farmer and Marguerite Duras—a mirror is a placeless place.



Screenings and Exhibitions:
2023 CROSSROADS, SFCinematheque, San Francisco, CA
IDENTITÀ, RITRATTI, VISIONI (Identities, Portraits, Visions) - Carpi, Italy
Moviate Underground Film Festival, Harrisburg, PA
other midwest frequencies, Vertical Cinema, Iowa City, IA
Underneath The Floorboards Festival (online)
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, Morgantown, WV
About Life, Onion City Experimental Film Festival - Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Heavy Light - San Diego Underground Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA
Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City, OK
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Vignola MO, Italy
2022 Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC
Engauge Experimental Film Festival, Seattle, WA
Cactus Club Independent Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
Festival Internacional Signes de Nuit, Paris
Flat Earth Film Festival, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
contact sarahballardfilm@gmail.com for preview link
filmmaker, educator
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