Chris Filippone Portfolio – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Application
HUNTSVILLE STATION
Director / 14’ / 2020
Synopsis: Every weekday, inmates are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary, taking in their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block.
Selected Screenings: Berlinale, SXSW, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, New York Times’ Op-Docs, and many more
HOW TO BREATHE IN KERN COUNTY
Director / 9’ / 2019
Synopsis: As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis.
Selected Screenings: Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, Chicago Intl FF, Hamptons Intl FF, New Orleans FF, and many more
A VIEW FROM THE WINDOW
Director / 8’ / 2018
Synopsis: An immersive glimpse of a school day through the eyes of deaf children.
Selected Screenings: CPH:DOX, Sarasota, Big Sky, Thin Line, Palm Springs Shortfest, and many more
SINCE YOU ARRIVED, MY HEART STOPPED BELONGING TO ME
Cinematographer & Editor / 21’ / 2021
Synopsis: Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north towards the United States but disappeared en route.
Selected Screenings: SFFILM, AFI Docs, Hot Springs, Mountainfilm, The New Yorker Documentaries, and many more
SCRAP (Password: scrap)
Director / 6’ / 2017
Synopsis: In the shadow of the global metal trade, a metal scrapper hunts the streets of Oakland searching for his day’s keep.
Selected Screenings: Visions du Réel, Sheffield, Ann Arbor, Big Sky, SF Docfest, and many more