Maïa Cybelle Carpenter is an experimental filmmaker and curator living in San Francisco.
I position my work against the narrative expectations of moving-image media...
Oct 21, 2009 - Participating in an experimental film distribution panel discussion at the 4th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival.
Jul 29, 2009 - "Nous" Work-in-progress screening with live sound by Wobbly at New Nothing Cinema, San Francisco.
Feb 12, 2009 - "The Shape of the Gaze" screened at the Berlinale, Handmade films lecture by Phil Hoffman.
Nous
A work-in-progress. Filmed over a 9-year period, a close look...

30 Minutes, 16mm, B&W
Sound
Canada/France/USA 2009

Lasso
My meditation on the romance of the Wild West...

6 Minutes, Video, Color
Sound
Canada/USA 2005

Working Portraits
A document in the form of a portrait. Six women filmmakers...

8 Minutes, 16mm, B&W
Silent
Canada/USA 2005
Sans Titre
This hand-processed and painted film records the space of light...

6-8 Minutes, 16mm, B&W
Silent
USA 2002
The Shape of the Gaze
Repositioning the subject and discourse of gender ambiguity...

7 Minutes, 16mm, Color
Silent
USA 2000
Clamp
The subject ignores the viewers' participation in her pleasure...

10 Minutes, Video, B&W
Sound
USA 2000
Site Visit
This film evokes a series of fantasy maps and the imaginary...

10 Minutes, 16mm, Color
Sound
USA 1999
Maïa Cybelle Carpenter's works are distributed by The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Collectif Jeune Cinéma and Canyon Cinema
She is the President of the Board of Directors of Canyon Cinema and on the Advisory Board of LunaFest
You can contact Maïa Cybelle at: info@mccarpenter.net