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Spring 2024 New Jersey Film Festival The Disembodied Adventures of Alice Video Q+A with Director Cléa Elisa van der Grijn!


By Vic Fern

originally published: 01/31/2024



Here is the Spring 2024 New Jersey Film Festival The Disembodied Adventures of Alice Video Q+A with Director Cléa Elisa van der Grijn, Festival Juror Evie Reese and Festival Director Al Nigrin:

The Disembodied Adventures of Alice – Cléa Elisa van der Grijn (Sligo, Ireland) A dark adult fairy tale. A hallucinatory trip through the night. Exploring otherworldly scenes of kink, gender swapping, mental health, loss and loneliness through dance, song and gesture. 2023; 78 min.

The Disembodied Adventures of Alice screens at the Spring 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, February 2, 2024 – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ. The Disembodied Adventures of Alice Director Cléa Elisa van der Grijn and DP Ciaran Carty will be on hand to do a Q+A after the In-Person screening!  For more info and tickets go here.

 

 

 



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