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THE REAL IN FAIRYTALES is a collection of five short films from New York hyphenate Jadina Lilien, a photographer-filmmaker-writer. Dealing with the themes of love, loss, fantasy, and heritage in a city where the mishmash of cultures can sometimes be alienating, Lilien is able to add a sparkle of auteur magic and wonder to the already commendable performances delivered by her actors in this series. Included in this compilation are: "Ricky and Lenny", "Marie", "Happily Ever After", "The Kingdom Within", and the underground gem "Fortune's Fool".
From the Director:
"We live in a world inundated with distractions but behind all this activity is the rich world of the imagination. In THE REAL IN FAIRYTALES I have blended together documentary and narrative styles of filmmaking to tell the story of the magic in life that can often be hidden by outer circumstances.. My intention in these films is to draw back the veils of separation between the inner and the outer world and make how these meet visible. This intersection is what interests me, because it is not controlled by the limitation of the conscious mind -- what emerges is a vitality that is pure and untouched, giving the films an intimate quality, as if revealing a secret."
Jadina Lilien lives and works in New York City. She studied photography and painting at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, receiving her BFA at New York University where she continued on to receive her MFA from New York University's film school. Since graduating in 2001 she has been creating photographs that reflect her background in painting and storytelling.
Jadina's flims have been recognized for their excellence in cinematography, writing and directing while at NYU. All her short films have been included in festivals in the USA and in Europe where they continued to receive awards. She has had two retrospectives of her films in New York City - at the Anthology Film Archives in 2002 and the Pioneer Theater in 2005.
Her photographs and collages have been seen in solo and group exhibitions in Denver, Seattle, Israel, Italy and New York. Jadina was a MacDowell Colony fellow in 2002 and a Jentel Resident in Wyoming in 2006. She was a finalist for a Jerome Foundation Grant, nominated for a Rockefeller Award and a Creative Capital finalist. |
