Film Info

DRINKING RAOULE

English language USA 2002
Origination Medium: 16mm black and white negative and reversal film
Total Running Time: 7:06 minutes
Director/Editor: Nora Malone
Camera: Nora Malone, Rebecca Carlson

"An edgy, dreamy and lustrous experimental short."

- Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema

"Excellent imagery, capturing the emotions perfectly. It strikes a chord and turns the tables on the game of sex."

- Vancouver Island Film, Video, and New Media Festival

synopsis

Using the motif of a couple's intimate moment, Drinking Raoule explores issues of gender and sexuality. Through sensual imagery, the male character is seen as the object of the 'female gaze' - a role reversal revealed in contrast to the central theme: romantic ideals collide with societal attitudes toward women's sexuality.

grant support

Temple University Department of Film and Media Arts Finishing Fund Temple University Department of Film and Media Arts Travel Grant

awards

Ebenseer Bear in Bronze, Festival of Nations, Austria
Honorable Mention, Experimental Category, Humboldt International Film Festival
Golden Remi Award, Women's Issues Category, Worldfest Houston
Finalist, Student Experimental Category, Crested Butte Reelfest

exhibition

Manchester International Short Film Festival, United Kingdom
Huesca Film Festival, Spain
International Women's Film Festival Turino, Italy
Chilean International Short Film Festival, Santiago
Vancouver Island Film Festival, Canada
Female Eye Film Festival, Canada
Sleepwalkers International Student Film Festival, Estonia
Women In the Director's Chair Film Festival
Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
Worldfest Houston
Divine Women, Divine Work, Painted Bride Center for the Arts, Philadelphia