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I Am Here

I Am Here is a narrative, non linear, poetic film with integration and montage of material from a theatre stage production, digital images, video projections, sound and special effects, music, and movement.

An androgenous masked character, He-She, examines how the body tells our life story. He-She presents socio-political and cultural views of aging, old age, and the erasure of age on the body and shifts us beyond considering ourselves as victims of time, to examining and fostering a view of a full life, well lived.

  • Gina Lori Riley
    Director
    Commedia Fantasia (2002), of Those Nights (1978)
  • Gina Lori Riley
    Writer
    Commedia Fantasia (2002), of Those Nights (1978)
  • Gina Lori Riley
    Producer
    Commedia Fantasia (2002), of Those Nights (1978)02
  • Meaghen Quinn
    Key Cast
    "He-She"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    35 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Gina Lori Riley

A Producer, Creative Director, and Choreographer from Windsor Ontario, Canada, Gina Lori Riley received her B.Sc. in Dance-Kinesiology from the University of Waterloo, her B.Ed. from the University of Windsor, and her M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University. She founded Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises in 1979, and has directed, created, and choreographed over fifty major original stage productions. Gina is Professor Emerita from the University of Windsor retiring from teaching, mentoring and coaching in the School of Dramatic Art, where she specialized in movement for the actor, Commedia dell’ Arte, period movement, mask and staging events. Her film projects include writing, producing, directing, and choreographing, I Am Here, (2024), Commedia Fantasia (2002) which won the Worldfest Houston Gold Remi Award in Dance, Drama, Music; and One of Those Nights (1978).

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