Jennifer Reeves

Jennifer Reeves is a New York-based filmmaker with eleven avant-garde films under her belt. These highly-tactile films which utilize complex optical-printing and animation techniques, infer subconscious perception and invention. Presently, Reeves is editing her first feature The Time We Killed, an experimental narrative funded by the Andrea Frank and Princess Grace Foundations, which has been selected for inclusion in the upcoming Independent Feature Film Market at Angelika Film Center in NYC.
Reeves’ recent hand-painted & optically printed Fear of Blushing has screened all over the world this year after premiering at last fall’s New York Film Festival. Darling International (co-directed with M.M. Serra, 99) received an Honorable Mention at The Sundance Film Festival and screened at numerous venues including The Berlin and Melbourne Film Festivals and The Whitney Museum. Reeves’ experimental narrative chronic (96) won multiple awards in the US, Europe, and Canada and has been acquired by various Universities and archives for study.
Reeves also works part-time as a professor, teaching a variety of film courses at Bard College and New School University. Her essay, “Argument for the Immediate Sensuous: Notes on Stately Mansions did Decree and Coupling” (films by Brakhage) has recently been published in the Chicago Review. Reeves' films are distributed by Women Make Movies, The NY Film-Maker's Cooperative, and Light Cone in Paris.

Title: Fear of Blushing
Show: The Secret Films of Girls