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The Interior Frontier

The Interior Frontier operates in a confused time-state of period dress and modern society, between fact and fiction; dealing with silence as sound, the invisible war of female life, tornado as existence, and the world's largest hand dug hole.

Shot on 16mm and Super-8mm film, The Interior Frontier references and was created in the same small town in Kansas as Barbara Loden's final directorial work; a 16mm educational short titled The Frontier Experience (1975).

  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Director
  • Abigail Smith
    Writer
  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Writer
  • Abigail Smith
    Key Cast
  • Alys Griego
    Key Cast
  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Key Cast
  • Abigail Smith
    Sound
  • Andrew Weathers
    Sound
  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Sound
  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Camera
  • Alys Griego
    Camera
  • Abigail Smith
    Camera
  • Justin Clifford Rhody
    Editing
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 16, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm, Super-8mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • AMIA Small Gauge & Amateur Film symposium
    Tulsa, Oklahoma
    United States
    November 17, 2023
    Private Preview
  • Other Cinema, ATA Gallery
    San Francisco, California
    United States
    April 20, 2024
    World Premiere
  • Experiments in Cinema Festival
    Albuquerque, New Mexico
    United States
    April 26, 2024
    Southwest Premiere
  • 40th Annual Kurzfilm Festival
    Hamburg
    Germany
    June 7, 2024
    European Premiere
  • DokuBaku IDFF
    Baku
    Azerbaijan
    October 5, 2024
  • Tallgrass Film Festival
    Wichita, Kansas
    United States
    October 26, 2024
    Regional Premiere
  • Bideodromo International Experimental Film Festival
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 14, 2024
  • Elevation Film Festival
    Cornwall
    United Kingdom
    October 5, 2024
  • Light Matter Film Festival
    Alfred, New York
    United States
    November 2, 2024
  • No Name Cinema
    Santa Fe, New Mexico
    United States
    November 16, 2024
  • Beijing International Short Film Festival
    Beijing
    China
    November 23, 2024
    Asian Premiere
  • RPM in Motion (Harvard University)
    Boston, MA
    United States
    March 9, 2025
Director Biography - Justin Clifford Rhody

Justin Rhody is a filmmaker, photographer, musician and curator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His work has been widely exhibited internationally and he has been organizing art, film and music events for over 20 years. Rhody is a co-founder, operator and film programmer of No Name Cinema. He runs the Physical media label, and plays in the free-improv expanded cinema trio, K/S/R.

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