MY FIRST FILM Trailer: Odessa Young Stars in Zia Anger’s Personal Testament to Microbudget Filmmaking

Multi-hyphenate artist Zia Anger is haunted by an abandoned feature film in her feature directorial debut, My First Film. Also known for her music video directing and performance art, Anger combines memories of her experiences from that unrealized project with parts of a traveling stage piece she began in 2018. Odessa Young takes on Anger’s role as an aspiring filmmaker Vita who recounts her experience 15 years ago making a microbudget film about a young woman adrift after getting pregnant. Cole Doman (Mutt), Timothy Griffin Allan (I Saw The TV Glow), Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), Devon Ross (Irma Vep), Eamon Farren (Lingua Franca), and Eleonore Hendricks (The Pleasure of Being Robbed) co-star.

The new MUBI release premiered at CPH:DOX and recently screened at NYC’s Rooftop Films Summer Series. Ashley Connor (Madeline’s Madeline) serves as DP while Perfume Genius composes the original score. Ahead of its release begging later this month, an official trailer has just been released.

As the official synopsis reads:

Vita (Odessa Young), revisits her first chaotic attempt at filmmaking – a semi-autobiographical feature made 15 years prior about a young woman who decides to leave home after becoming pregnant. Blending past with present, reality with fiction, Zia Anger’s “debut” film navigates the tumultuous intersection of personal experience and narrative innovation, reflecting on the transformative power of artistic self-reflection.

My First Film opens in theaters August 30 before streaming globally on MUBI beginning Friday, September 6. Watch the trailer below.

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