JESSICA GIDAL
producer / editor
experimental
Personal projects and collaborations, just for fun
Estranhos Poemas: Escritos de Claudina Pereira
(Strange Poems: The Writings of Claudina Pereira), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2008
Collaboratively developed, directed, filmed, and edited experimental documentary. Screened at Balagan Film Series at Harvard University's Carpenter Center in November 2009.
Lantern Festival, Jamaica Plain, MA
Personal ode to a favorite festival.
Music by Carla Kihlstedt
Canine Reverie
Collaborated with Amy Lovera and Christine Spangler for Christine Southworth’s musical composition, Concerning the Doodle, Premiered with a live performance of the score by the Bang on a Can All-Stars in 2010 at the Kaufman Center in Manhattan.
Brazil...Right this Way
Experimental travelogue, Brazil 2005
Abraço
Photographer for animated introduction for the closing video of a year-long performance art piece, ABRAÇO: Pequenas Ações Terroristas (HUG: Small Terrorist Acts), Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2008
Exercise
First film ever, for a class at the Film Arts Foundation. Hand-processed super-8.
Real Cartoons
Curator for screening of animated documentaries for DOXA film festival.
Animated Documentaries
Curated screening of animated documentaries for Balagan Experimental Film & Video Series
Real Cartoons
Curated screening of animated documentaries for Brattle Theatre's N.E. Animation Bash