Circles of Confusion from Phoebe Tooke on Vimeo.
Circles of Confusion is a meditative experimental documentary about loss in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The filmmaker parallels her experience upon returning to New Orleans with the experience of filmmaker Stevenson Palfi, who committed suicide in the months after the hurricane.
Circles of Confusion, received a Student Academy Award at the 34th Annual Student Academy Awards ceremony on June 7, 2008 at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
2008, Super 8mm, 16mm, B&W, TRT 10 min 40 sec
Awards:
National Winner-Student Academy Awards–Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Golden Gate Award-New Visions-San Francisco International Film Festival
Audience Award-Best Experimental Film–Santa Cruz Film Festival
Jury’s Citation-2nd Prize –Black Maria Film Festival
Selected list of Screenings:
• Telluride Film Festival ’08
• New Orleans Film Festival ’08
• Hawaii International Film Festival ‘08
• Chicago Underground Film Festival ’08
• Pacific Film Archive –Alternative Visions ’08
• Slamdance Film Festival ’09
• San Francisco International Film Festival ‘09
• Santa Cruz Film Festival ’09
• Black Maria Film Festival ‘09
• Ann Arbor Film Festival ‘09
• 31ème Festival International de films de femmes- Paris ‘09
• Romanian Film Festival ’09
• Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre ’09
• Ogden Museum of Southern Art ’10
Press:
New York Times-The Angry Flood and the Stories in its Wake
San Francisco State- Aspiring filmmaker wins Student Academy Award