Lauren

Shot on silent 16mm, ‘Lauren’ is a three-act study of hairdressing, meat by-products and the occult. This experimental film explores the artist’s interest in the rituals of outsider communities, following a lock of Lauren’s hair from an initiation ceremony through to a fatal camping trip.

  • Natasha Cantwell
    Director
  • Lauren May
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Horror, Experimental, Occult
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 1, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    New Zealand
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English, No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Live Soundtrack 58 (As part of Experimental Superstars)
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    November 11, 2021
  • Façade Video Festival
    Plovdiv
    Bulgaria
    September 10, 2017
  • MECONIO - Muestra de Nuevos Cineastas
    Madrid
    Spain
    May 19, 2017
  • Fuse
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    May 12, 2017
  • Brussels Short Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    April 28, 2017
  • The Slow Canoe Live Journal
    Melbourne
    Australia
    February 24, 2017
  • Courts Mais Trash
    Brussels
    Belgium
    January 27, 2017
  • Edinburgh Artists' Moving Image Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    November 22, 2016
  • Bideodromo
    Bilbao
    Spain
    September 19, 2016
  • Festival Anapoda
    Rhodes
    Greece
    September 7, 2016
  • FECIBogotá - Feria Internacional de Cine Independiente
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    June 17, 2016
  • Proceso de Error - Festival Internacional de Video Experimental
    Valparaiso
    Chile
    June 1, 2016
  • Wellington Underground Film Festival
    Wellington
    New Zealand
    May 27, 2016
  • European Media Art Festival
    Osnabrück
    Germany
    April 20, 2016
  • Brisbane Underground Film Festival
    Brisbane
    Australia
    February 6, 2016
  • Simultan Festival
    Timisoara
    Romania
    October 7, 2015
  • Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016
    Redditch
    United Kingdom
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Natasha Cantwell

Spanning music video, fashion photography and art projects, Natasha Cantwell’s work openly embraces awkwardness while drawing from the absurdity of human behaviour. Her 16mm experimental films have screened at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including Experiments In Cinema in the U.S. and the European Media Art Festival and Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival For Expanded Media in Germany.

Holding a Bachelor of Graphic Design and a Postgraduate Diploma in Art and Design from the Auckland University of Technology, Cantwell has guest lectured at Unitec and the Manukau Institute of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. She has also presented at Semi Permanent Design Conference in Sydney, Australia as the senior photographer for Frankie Magazine.

Alongside her art practice, she produces and curates for festivals and galleries, including the Auckland Underground Film Festival, Channels: The Australian Video Art Festival and the Victorian Archives Centre Gallery. She is currently based in Melbourne, Australia.

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