World Premiere
Acetate Diary
Shorts in Competition: Student
| USA | 4 MINUTES | English | English subtitlesDrama, Experimental
After receiving a difficult medical diagnosis, experimental filmmaker Russell Sheaffer decided to use a roll of 16mm film as a written diary. Projected, Acetate Diary is an expression of handmade sound and color. Examined as an object, the acetate contains words and drawings from a place of trauma.
Screening in Shorts Program: Digital Dilemma
Screening in Shorts Program: Digital Dilemma
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Russell Sheaffer
Russell Sheaffer is an experimental film and documentary filmmaker who received a Master’s Degree from NYU’s Department of Cinema Studies. While there, he co-wrote and co-directed, Masculinity & Me, with James Franco, which was an official selection of the 2011 Torino LGBT Film Festival. In addition to his own experimental work, he was a producer of The Diplomat, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, and Josephine Decker’s Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, which premiered in Forum at Berlinale in 2014.
Director
Russell Sheaffer
Screenwriter
Russell Sheaffer
Producer
Pulkit Datta, Russell Sheaffer, Susanne Schwibs
Editor
Russell Sheaffer
Executive Producer
Russell Sheaffer
Additional Funding
Funding support provided from Indiana University
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Beacon Theatre
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The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
