Working Portraits

Maïa Cybelle Carpenter is an experimental filmmaker and curator living in San Francisco.

My Works: Working Portraits

A document in the form of a portrait. Shot in June 2000 at Phil Hoffman's Independent Image-Making Workshop, this film stays close to the participants
and the film medium itself as they work on their projects.

Running Time: 8 Minutes
Format: 16mm, B&W, Silent
Aspect Ratio: 1.33
Year: 2005, Canada/USA
Cast: Becka Barker, Helen Hill (1970-2007), Deirdre Logue, Kelly Krotine, Alexis Rubenstein (1975-2002), and Karyn Sandlos.
Distribution: Canyon Cinema, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center and Collectif Jeune Cinéma

2007 Havana International Film Festival
2005 Féstival des Cinèmas Différents Paris
2005 MIXNYC at Anthology Film Archives

Clips are made available as a sample of my work.
Please contact my distributors for an exhibition copy of Working Portraits.

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"…[P]rocess must not be viewed as a goal or an end in itself, nor must it be confused with and infinite perpetuation of itself.” – Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, The Anti-Oedipus.