BIFF OFFSCREEN: Girl Space

Thursday October 10 through Thursday October 17 @ K:Dara

Girl Space, digital video, 2009, 3:45 minute loop w/ stereo sound

Girl Space is an energetic, acid-soaked mediation on the private lives and thoughts of girls. Shot in a frenetic style with a more is more aesthetic, this fever dream will screen-burn its way into your brain and heart <3 Girl Space is the Place.

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About the Artist:

Morrisa Maltz is an artist and filmmaker. She studied visual arts at Columbia University. Her art, film, and performance work have been shown at MOCA, Los Angeles, as well as at the MCA, Santa Barbara and galleries internationally.

In 2012, she created Mofones, an art product for iphone that was sold at Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom and Museum stores worldwide. Her first short film, "The Caretaker," won best narrative short at LES Film Festival and in 2014 her short film, "Odyssea," premiered at Slamdance Film Festival.

Morrisa’s first feature documentary, Ingrid was applauded as a “festival gem” on the 2018 festival circuit and won several awards. Ingrid screened on PBS and is distributed by Grasshopper Films. Her first narrative feature, The Unknown Country, premiered at SXSW 2022 and was hailed by Indiewire as “a stunning spiritual companion to Terrence Malick and Nomadland. After the film’s 2023 theatrical release by Music Box Films, Lily Gladstone won the 2023 Gotham Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in the film and the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Morrisa’s second feature, Jazzy, premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and is screening as part of Buffalo Int'l Film Festival this October. Morrisa is represented by UTA and Authentic Management.

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Stills from Girl Space courtesy of the artist.