More info coming soon.
SEPT 18-20TH, VIRTUAL HORROR HOUND FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: BEST SHORT, BEST ACTRESS (LIZZIE BROCHERÉ)
SEPT 25-27TH, VIRTUAL NOLA HORROR FILM FEST
NOMINATED: BEST SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITOR,
OCT 8-11, VIRTUAL NIGHTSTREAM
OCT 12-18, PORTLAND, PORTLAND FILM FESTIVAL
OCT 15-18, VIRTUAL LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OCT 15-18, VIRTUAL SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OCT 21-25, VIRTUAL NIGHTMARES FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINATED: BEST HORROR SHORT, BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE (LIZZIE BROCHERÉ)
OCT 24, VIRTUAL/AUSTIN ETHEREAL HORROR FILM FESTIVAL (KELSEY BOLLIG IS ON HORROR PANEL)
NOMINATED: BEST DIRECTOR (KELSEY BOLLIG), BEST ACTRESS ( LIZZIE BROCHERÉ), BEST ACTOR (ROBY SCHINASI), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (LUDOVICA ISIDORI), AND BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (ISTAN HOSSAË), BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (JACQUELINE BELL), BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (VICTORIA LACOSTE), BEST SHORT FILM
OCT 31 - NOV 6TH-9TH,11TH AND 13TH, VIRTUAL MORBIDO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
NOV 13TH, VIRTUAL BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL
NOV 14TH, 10PM, VIRTUAL, HOLLYSHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
DEC 3-6, VIRTUAL, NYC HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
DEC 11-27, VIRTUAL, ANOTHER HOLE IN THE HEAD FILM FESTIVAL
Jan 12-24 2021, Virtual, FILM MAUDIT 2.0
MARCH 11-14TH, VIRTUAL, MANCHESTER FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 13TH, VIRTUAL, SOHO HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 6-16TH, VIRTUAL LONDON INT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
JUNE 4-13TH, VIRTUAL/ IN-PERSON 7:00 PM EST JUNE 7,2021 WINDMILL STUDIOS, BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL
Jun 25-July 25th, SHUDDER, ETHERIA FILM FESTIVAL
AUG 7th, IN PERSON, HOLLYWOOD HORRORFEST
SEPT 2-5, ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, GENRE BLAST FILM FESTIVAL
OCT 15-17TH, HELLIFAX HORROR FEST, NOVA SCOTIA
OCT 29-NOV 6 (NOV 4, 7:30 PM), FILMQUEST, PROVO UTAH
NOMINATED: THE MINERVA AWARD (KELSEY BOLLIG), BEST FOREIGN SHORT
DEC 2-5, Oxford International Film Festival, Oxford, England.
JAN 20-23, ATLANTA, BURIED ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL 2021
NOMINATED: BEST SCORE (SYLVAIN KAUFFMAN), BEST PERFORMANCE (LIZZIE BROCHÉRE), BEST BLOCKBUSTER SHORT, BEST SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR (KELSEY BOLLIG), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (LUDOVICA ISIDORI)
March 4-14, MUMBAI, WENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Chloé is a serious actress who’s spent her life on the stages of Paris. The result? She has been chipped down into a product of the scrutiny and unfair politics that infest the entertainment industry. Doomed to star in one last performance of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Chloé fights for her moment in the spotlight amongst the self-serving newcomers with whom she is forced to share the stage with.
How far will she go to be the star of the show?
Written/Directed by Kelsey Bollig Cast:
DOP : Ludovica Isidori Lizzie Brocheré as Chloé
EP : Brook Productions Roby Schinasi as Louise
Victoria Lacoste Victoria Lacoste as Alice
Jacqueline Bell as Jennifer
Production Company: Edelweiss Productions
‘The Fourth Wall’ bloomed out of tragedy. Although it wasn’t intended to be a beacon of hope for myself and for my EP Victoria Lacoste, it turned into the light at a very long tunnel. 3 days before my flight to scout in Paris in June 2019, I was run over by a car. 30 of my bones were broken. I lacerated my spleen, liver and punctured both my lungs. During my month-long stay in the hospital, and a brief stint fighting for my life and ability to walk - my heart was equally breaking - I thought along with losing myself, I had lost the opportunity to film ‘The Fourth Wall.’ Little did I know that I was working with people, both in the hospital and in my cast and crew, who would not let that happen.
It took me 3 months to become well enough to fly to Paris, cane in hand. After a successful location scout, taking a giant leap of faith with crew members we knew nothing about, we were ready to film the damn thing. And thus began the journey of writing/directing a film in a language I don’t speak in a city I don’t live in with a cast and crew I would grow to call family.
’The Fourth Wall’ is about the labyrinth of sanity. It’s the interworking of one woman’s mind as she faces her decaying acting career and the moronic newcomers replacing her. Living in Los Angeles, I’ve watched both men and women sink deep into madness chasing their dreams and failing, not for lack of talent, but because they didn’t fit the mold society accepts as “star material.” This lack of diversity and these unfair standards inspired the script for ‘The Fourth Wall’ which addresses the personalities succeeding within the industry and plays on these extremes in a moody and satirical manner.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ became the perfect frame to place these stereotypes as it’s one of Shakespeare’s only comedies that doesn’t involve any type of tragedy. The perfect contrast of lightness to the darkness that’s evolving backstage.
The unique twist in ‘The Fourth Wall,’ and the elephant in the room when people learn about this project, is that it’s set in Paris and spoken in French - while I’m an American filmmaker who speaks English. I felt it necessary to set this story in France because I wanted to reconnect American cinema to the birthplace of cinema while also blending french and American culture and taste.
The result? An explosion of perfectionists and passion with a dash of madness.
More info coming soon.