Freak

Freak

Directed by Claire Barnett

Genre Fiction, Comedy
Country USA
Year 2024
Length 13m23s
Formats DCP
Sound Stereo + 5.1
Version English

Synopsis

On the eve of her 26th birthday, Lainey is confronted with a question that tests the boundaries of her relationship: What is your deepest, darkest fantasy?

Themes

love, sexual identity, relationships, sexuality, religion

Biography

Claire Barnett is a writer-director from Little Rock, Arkansas based in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA in Film from the University of Central Arkansas in 2021 and is now a thesis student at NYU Tisch, Graduate Film. Claire’s films have been exhibited in festivals across the United States and Europe, including Slamdance Film Festival (2023) and New Orleans Film Festival (2022). Her short film FREAK premiered at the 77th Locarno International Film Festival and was awarded the Special Mention in the International Competition, Pardi Di Domani.



Cast

Nancy McArthur
Oliver Demers

Team

Production

Claire Barnett, Natalie Remplakowski

Script

Claire Barnett

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Claire Barnett, Oliver Demers, Nancy McArthur

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Claire Barnett

EDITING Claire Barnett
Sound Giorgi Koridze, Nino Benashvili
Other

NYU Tisch Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Graduate Film


Awards

Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland | 2024 *Special Mention - Pardi di Domani Concorso Internazionale


Festivals

Locarno Film Festival, Suisse | 2024
KINO Athens International Independent Film Festival, Greece | 2024
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada | 2024
FICMonterrey, Mexique | 2024
Porny Days, Switzerland | 2024