Josh Brainin
Directing
Biography
Josh Brainin (b. 1997) is a filmmaker and artist based between Chicago and NYC. He holds a BA from Amherst College and an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Film & Video. Through films that blur the line between the fictional and the real, as well as through costume design and performance, josh’s practice investigates questions of youth cultures, Black/mixed racializations, masculine conditionings, and the relationship between art and its institutional settings.
Known For
Up-and-coming artist Anisa is woefully unprepared for the pettiness and performative antics taking place at the gallery opening for her latest pieces. Everything but the artwork seems to take center stage. With an absent girlfriend and career-oriented bestie focused on their own priorities, Anisa is left to spiral alone at the end of the night. A film by Josh Brainin, Camille Bacon, Youssef Boucetta
It's Just a Fucking Opening
Shot on Hi8 and VHS tape, a surreal coming-of-age dance is cloaked in lace and datamosh, staggering under the influence of a mysterious cordial and crawling into Lake Michigan.
eyes closed see stars
Charlie, an ambitious young man, must go out of his comfort form to seduce Virginia and eventually earn her trust and heart.
From Charlie, with Love
A surreal post-apocalyptic Chicago sets the stage for a haunting and poignant love story set over the course of a single night.