I don't have to think anymore

A montage narrated with a short poem.

  • Garrick Givens
    Director
  • Garrick Givens
    Writer
  • Garrick Givens
    Key Cast
    "Narrator "
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 24, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The Women’s Bioscope
    New Delhi
    India
    March 8, 2024
    Asian Premiere
    Honorable Mention
  • Cinestesya Film Festival
    Porto, Porto
    Portugal
    October 23, 2024
    South American Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Garrick Givens

Avant-garde video-maker, intermedia artist and film theorist (Givens) grew up in Farmington Hills, MI USA; born 1/3/1992.

Givens is a lifelong learner of cinema who has enjoyed the arts and theatre since childhood. In middle school, Givens came to terms with her gender identity but kept it a secret until early adulthood. After graduating from college she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and remains an advocate for mental health.

In 2014, Givens graduated from Binghamton University with Honors in Cinema and was the Ken Jacobs Scholarship recipient.

Givens has garnered recent success with her film "Agility (..or something like it)" which made its Online Premiere via Vimeo On Demand June, 26th 2023 in the Lift-Off Filmmakers Sessions Hosted By @LiftOffGlobalNetwork. "Agility (..or something like it)" made its in-person debut and North American Premiere at the Urban Arts Festival in Dallas, Texas on August, 11th 2023.

"Agility (..or something like it)" was also nominated for Best Writer at the AltFF Alternative Film Festival (Canada) 2023 and Winner of Best Experimental Film at the iDEAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (India) 2023.

Past screenings include: Unesa International Visual Art Exhibition 2021 (Indonesia) - Tempered Unesa International Visual Art Exhibition 2021 (Indonesia) - Watercolor #3 Animac: International Animation Film Festival 2020 (Spain) - Immobile #3 Animac: International Animation Film Festival 2019 (Spain) - Immobile #2 My Mumbai International Short Film Festival 2018 (India) - Block by Block Mediawave International Art & Music Festival 2016 (Hungary) - Futility Student Cuts International Film Festival 2015 (Slovenia) - Futility Student Experimental Film Festival Binghamton 2014 (USA) - Immobile Vagrant Summer Film Festival 2014 (Belarus) - (41) Schooner Street Centrally Isolated Film Festival 2013 (USA) - (41) Schooner Street

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