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Women rule in this superb block. A young girl, confused about her sexuality, tries to prove to her summer camp bunkmates that her fake crush on the boy’s counselor isn’t so fake at all. Lennon is dying from terminal cancer so their girlfriend, Dora, convinces them to create a bucket list, but Lennon puts some wild shit on that list. A widow, struggling to readjust to a life of grief, unexpectedly meets a woman whose presence is transformative. On the night before her flight home, a Malaysian woman with a secret finds herself on an impromptu date with another woman. Teetering on the brink of 25, compulsive, pill-popping Crazy Girl attempts to sum up a day in her life for a writing grant application. Free-as-a-bird bisexual Eliana attends her ex-boyfriend's funeral with her girlfriend. Ally, a people-pleasing shy girl and homebody, thinks she's hit the jackpot when she beds her rockstar crush… until she won’t leave.
Crazy Girl is a film based on my life - me, the director, Noémi. As someone in their mid-twenties struggling to come to terms with their mental health, sexuality, and cultural identity, I felt there was a lack of characters in media that I could really relate to. I think we’re often so afraid of having any kind of idiosyncrasies that we do whatever we can to pretend they don’t exist. I know that’s what I did for a very long time. I decided to bare a lot of my personal vulnerabilities in this project in an effort to make others like me feel less alone. There is nothing more exciting to me than the opportunity to share my film with fellow creatives at this festival.
- Year2024
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hungarian
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereRegional Premiere
- DirectorNoémi VanSlyke
- EditorBia Jurema
Women rule in this superb block. A young girl, confused about her sexuality, tries to prove to her summer camp bunkmates that her fake crush on the boy’s counselor isn’t so fake at all. Lennon is dying from terminal cancer so their girlfriend, Dora, convinces them to create a bucket list, but Lennon puts some wild shit on that list. A widow, struggling to readjust to a life of grief, unexpectedly meets a woman whose presence is transformative. On the night before her flight home, a Malaysian woman with a secret finds herself on an impromptu date with another woman. Teetering on the brink of 25, compulsive, pill-popping Crazy Girl attempts to sum up a day in her life for a writing grant application. Free-as-a-bird bisexual Eliana attends her ex-boyfriend's funeral with her girlfriend. Ally, a people-pleasing shy girl and homebody, thinks she's hit the jackpot when she beds her rockstar crush… until she won’t leave.
Crazy Girl is a film based on my life - me, the director, Noémi. As someone in their mid-twenties struggling to come to terms with their mental health, sexuality, and cultural identity, I felt there was a lack of characters in media that I could really relate to. I think we’re often so afraid of having any kind of idiosyncrasies that we do whatever we can to pretend they don’t exist. I know that’s what I did for a very long time. I decided to bare a lot of my personal vulnerabilities in this project in an effort to make others like me feel less alone. There is nothing more exciting to me than the opportunity to share my film with fellow creatives at this festival.
- Year2024
- Runtime18 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hungarian
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereRegional Premiere
- DirectorNoémi VanSlyke
- EditorBia Jurema