David
Lynch Mentored Vampire Thriller,
Lilith’s Awakening,
Premieres at Dances With Films
Class of 2015 alumna Monica Demes' award-winning thesis project, Lilith's Awakening, is a modern-day vampire film and is the first completed feature-length movie from the
David Lynch MFA Program. The arthouse horror will have its world premiere at the Dances With Films festival, which showcases the edgiest modern independent cinema. Lilith’s Awakening will premiere at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Saturday June 11th at 11:45pm.
Lilith’s Awakening
was developed and filmed in Fairfield Iowa, the location where Monica also counted on the guidance of filmmaker
David Lynch, using the Transcendental Meditation techniques to dive into deep waters of consciousness and write.
“Horror films can be fairy tales about women’s empowerment. In a society designed to repress feminine desire, the Vampire is associated with lust and evil. As a director, I realized I had the control to tell the classic tale from a women’s perspective,” says Monica Demes.
Lilith’s Awakening
is a psychological horror art film that tells the story of Lucy, a
sexually repressed woman trapped in a loveless marriage and a dead-end
job in a small Iowa town. The highlight of her existence comes at night,
when she dreams of a mysterious and beautiful woman who haunts the
woods outside her modest home. One night, a mechanic who works for her
father forces himself on Lucy, awakening in her an uncontrollable dark
force. When he makes her promise to meet him later at his hideaway in
the woods, it may be the girl of her dreams – not his – who shows up for
the fateful rendezvous.
TRAILER:
Lilith’s Awakening
was honored with four Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) awards,
including the award for Best Direction-Long Form, which went to Monica Demes
herself, who wrote, directed, and edited the film. Director of photography Gregor Kresal, from Slovenia, picked up the award for Best Cinematography, and newcomer Sophia Woodward, was named Best Actress for her chilling performance of Lucy. Brazilian musical sensation
Bárbara Eugênia plays the title role of Lilith; Steve Kennevan plays Abe; Sam Garles plays Jonathan; Matthew Lloyd Wilcox plays Arthur. The film was produced by Monica Demes, Roberto Honczar
and Mar Outsiders.
For more information about Lilith’s Awakening, please visit the following links:
FILM WEBSITE: www.LilithsAwakening.com
FILMMAKER WEBSITE:
www.MonicaDemes.com
FACEBOOK:
www.facebook.com/
TWITTER: @MonicaDemes
HASHTAG: #LilithsAwakening
SPANISH HASHTAG:
#eldespertardelilith
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