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Show and Tell 2018: Rachel Pronger

Rachel Pronger

Programmer, Staff

https://twitter.com/RachelPronger

1. What’s your idea of perfect happiness?:

Long lie ins, the mid-point of a really good book, the moment of hush in the cinema when the title card goes up

2. What drives you to make films?:

I don’t make films, but have endless admiration for those who do. I choose to work with filmmakers because films give my life purpose and meaning and an endless compelling filter through which to see the world and understand humans

3. Where in the world would you most like to be right now?:

Somewhere with friends, cold beer, some sunshine and the possibility of loud music

4. When inspiration is waning, and you feel creatively sapped, what do you do to stay motivated?:

Sing along loudly with Patti Smith

5. What films are the most inspiring or influential to you at the moment, and why?:

Over the past few weeks I’ve alternately become obsessed by 120 BPM, Douglas Sirk, the shorts of Jodie Mack and You Were Never Really Here.

Your top 3 favourite music tracks?:

Always changing, evil questions! But current most played:
1) Blissing Me – Bjork, Arca and serpentwithfeet
2) Motion Sickness – Phoebe Bridgers
3) Your Dog – Soccer Mommy

7. What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?:

Quitting a job and moving to a city where I didn’t know anyone to pursue them dreams

8. What’s your greatest extravagance?:

Train travel to vist friends & family across the country

9. What turns you on – creatively, spiritually or emotionally?:

Forgotten stories, secret histories and digging around in film archives. And showing a film that you know is The Bomb to a captive audience.

A final word?

I can’t emphasise enough how good that Bjork song is
 

P.S. Do you have any favourites or highlights from this year’s Alchemy programme that you’d love to give a shoutout to here?

The installations – 12 in total, completely free to visit, amazing filmmakers from around the work, there is no excuse not to go!

I like my experimental film playful and borderline nuts –The Rare Event/The Argument doublebill definitely falls into that category. I don’t know what it all means, but this is properly clever and fiendishly watchable stuff.

The Dystopian Disco shorts programme is a real cracker too