HOW TO BREATHE IN KERN COUNTY
9’ / USA / 2019

SYNOPSIS
As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis.

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Oil Field.jpg
Smoke Above Lot.jpg

CREDITS
Director: Chris Filippone
Cinematographer: Chris Filippone
Associate Producer: Erin Semine Kökdil
Voices: Jonathan Alvarez, Ivan Jimenes
Music: Patrick Lamborn
Editor: Chris Filippone
Production Assistants: Nico Sandi, Paloma Martinez


SCREENINGS

Berlinale, 2019
Chicago International Film Festival, 2019
Hamptons International Film Festival, 2019
New Orleans Film Festival, 2019
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, 2020
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 2019
Denver Film Festival, 2019
Subversive Film Festival, 2019
Antimatter, 2019
MIDBO, 2019
FestiFreak, 2019
Festival International Signes de Nuit, 2019
San Diego Underground Film Festival, 2019
Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, 2019
Palm Springs International Shortfest, 2019
SF IndieFest, 2020
KinoFilm Festival, 2020
Vimeo Live Director’s Commentary, 2019
Drunken Film Festival, 2019
Vimeo, 2021 / Vimeo Staff Pick


WITH SUPPORT FROM

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts