Desirée Tolchin
Production
Biography
Desirée is a Brooklyn based filmmaker. Her work explores the cyclical banality of the human condition through fictional and non-fictional lenses. Her body of work is a collection of intimate experiences portrayed through slow cinema, distant memories, and wandering narratives. The result being, an honest portrayal of the struggles within the fleeting present moments of the everyday. Her work has screened at Sydney Women's International Film Festival, Mystic Film Festival, Cayuga Film Festival, and Still Voices Film Festival.
Known For
After a particularly brutal heist, Alex is disturbed by the actions she and her fellow gang members have just committed. Terror sinks in as she looks around the campfire and realizes that she's the only one affected by their grizzly deeds.
Portraits
An exploration of the emotional divide between fiction and reality in the American sitcom.
Living Reality
Two strangers quietly struggle to navigate their changing identities as the summer draws to a close.
The Birds Tell Me All There Is To Know
A once-close bond now tinged with emotional distance. A 60-year-old father and 25-year-old daughter confront their changing dynamic and the challenges of reconnecting.
Getting To Know You Again
When Jane visits an underground motel, she puts her trust in its covert clinic. A sheriff's arrival puts her future in jeopardy.
To Wade or Row
Submerged into a stream of life and death, we meet different forms of people, places, and things, all shot on Super 8 film over the course of 3 years.