"High Tides" Film Presentation and Q&A
A showcase of the current progress of Jasmine X Lavender's newest film "High Tides" with a talk back with the production team and cast. The film is about Kaia (They/She), a Filipinx nonbinary lesbian artist, who builds a surreal world in their own mind to detach and escape from their reality through their drawing that come to life. They experience heartbreak after Luna (She/Her), their Filipina bisexual best friend whom they are in love with, tells them they are interested in dating someone else. As Kaia becomes overwhelmed by this, their grasp of reality spins out of control as their inner world becomes more and more surreal and begins to affect how they act in the friendship. Kaia's sense of power and motivation alludes to a Philippine myth of the Bakunawa; a yearning of sea serpent deity whose desire for the moon leads to the eradication of the moon's light.
Kaia and Luna's story parallels the natural phenomenon of ocean tides changing due the gravitational pull of the moon. The film uses 2D rotoscope animation, 3D animation, and VFX to reflect the push and pull of this relationship.
Co-presented by Balay Kreative
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
7PM-9:30PM
*DOORS OPEN AT 7PM & SCREENING BEGINS AT 8PM
Bindlestiff Studio
185 6th St.
SOMA, SF
You can support the project and receive HIgh Tides merch
by donating to our FlipCause - in partnership with Bindlestiff Studios
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Carla Grace Fajardo (She/Her) is a queer Pinay filmmaker, native to SF's Mission district and who studied Cinema at San Francisco State University. She is a freelance filmmaker, producer, and hair and makeup artist for the independent film community and media companies for branded content, commercials, and corporate video projects. Like "High Tides", Carla directs films that revolve around topics of queer and cultural identity.
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