Head Teeth

Nameless people move through space to cross thresholds from one realm into another. As a result, there is chaos and confusion across a surreal bilingual landscape.

  • Clara Emery
    Director
  • Clara Emery
    Writer
  • Thomas Comerford
    Producer
  • Fiona Qiao
    Key Cast
    "woman in chair"
  • Andrea Ellstein
    Key Cast
    "woman in black"
  • Matt Fitzgibbon
    Key Cast
    "long-haired man"
  • Houston Fraley
    Key Cast
    "very tall man"
  • Kamille Kirschling
    Key Cast
    "the eye"
  • Ross Chavez
    Assistant Direcor
  • Ross Chavez
    Directors of Photography
  • Austin Guth
    Directors of Photography
  • Jazmyn Hill
    Directors of Photography
  • Emily Maloney
    Directors of Photography
  • Bri Pizarro
    Directors of Photography
  • Tainqi Skye Chen
    Sound Recordists
  • Zouzou
    Sound Recordists
  • Gideon Lee
    Sound Recordists
  • Clara Emery
    Sound Design
  • Hongjin Chen
    Lighting
  • Ann Zhan
    Art Direction
  • Kamille Kirschling
    Art Direction
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    experimental, short, surrealist, comedy, 16mm
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 29, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    Chinese, English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm film
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Optical Noise: Employees Only Cine Club 16mm Film Screening
    Chicago, Illinois
    United States
    April 1, 2023
Director Biography - Clara Emery

Clara Emery (b. 1997; Seattle, WA) makes large format photographs and experimental short films that explore phenomena haunting the edges of memory and reality. Through researching folklore, ritual, and superstition, Emery constructs scenes from the Gila Wilderness, the Pacific Northwest, and Taiwan. She graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2019 with a degree in Photography, and received her MFA in Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023. She is also a 2023-2024 Fulbright Taiwan Fellow.

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