Stanya Kahn
Still: So Low You Can’t Get Over ItFilmography
(selection) Winner (2002, short, co-dir), Let the Good Times Roll (2004, short), Whacker (2005, short, co-dir), Can’t Swallow It, Can’t Spit It Out (2006, short, co-dir), Masters of None (2006, short, co-dir), All Together Now (2008, short, co-dir), Nature Demo (2008, short, co-dir), It’s Cool, I’m Good (2009, short), Sandra (2009, short doc), Kathy (2009, short doc), Happy Song For You (2011, short, co-dir), For the Birds (2013), Don’t Go Back to Sleep (2014), Stand in the Stream (2017, doc), Friends in Low Places (2018, short), No Go Backs (2020, short), So Low You Can’t Get Over It (2021, short)
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For the Birds
Two exasperated birds sit on a branch and contemplate their experiences. Their everyday labours are not far removed from ours.
4'
United States
IFFR 2023
Friends in Low Places
An abstract animation that dissolves borders, celebrates care for others, and encourages solidarity through poetic allegory.
4'
United States
IFFR 2023
Happy Song for You
“It’s got no theme, it’s got no dream, it’s just a happy song for you.” A dark exploration of the absurd.
5'
United States
IFFR 2023
No Go Backs
Two teenagers venture into the unknown. An allegory for a generation ready to face the world on its own terms.
34'
United States
IFFR 2023
So Low You Can’t Get Over It
The familiar bends into the unknown and the solid breaks into parts. Paintings turned into animated hallucinatory images.
4'
United States
IFFR 2023
Stand in the Stream
From a birth to an onset of dementia, and from Tahrir Square to Trump’s inauguration; a pertinent ode to people.
60'
United States
IFFR 2023
Winner
Lois has won a cruise in a radio contest. A videographer needs a quote from her, but Lois has other plans.
15'
United States
IFFR 2023