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UPCOMING PROJECTS &
SAMPLE WORK

A Place For Ashes, 2023

Co-Director, Director of Photography, Editor

Short film, Coming of Age

Two sisters visit their family home for one night. They are forced to confront their estranged relationship while waiting for their father to arrive.

 

A Place For Ashes is an award-winning film and Brianne's professional directorial debut. The film has been accepted into the Long Island International Film Expo, the NY Lift-Off Film Festival, and the NY Long Island Film Festival. It won the Audience Choice Award during the 2023 NY Lift-Off festival and Brianne was nominated for Best Director at the NYLIFF.

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Featuring four filmmakers who picked up the Audience Choice Award from the New York Lift-Off Film Festival: Directing duo Brianne Neira and Melissa Ingle behind A Place For Ashes, director Malcolm Carter of COMPANY OF PROPHETS, and Douglas Corcoran director of Midwest Ice Age!

 

We discuss each film while they screen muted in the background, delving deep into the lessons learned by each artist as they tackled their award-winning projects. 

Rotten Meat, 2021

Editor / Dir. Rebekah Strauss

Short film, Feminist Horror

After undergoing an extensive plastic surgery makeover at the suggestion of her former lover/surgeon, Carmen now lives with a botched, off-putting appearance that has only worsened her self-image. She attempts to reconnect with Adrian over dinner, but her plan for seduction slowly deteriorates into a primal hunger for self-preservation.

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After, 2020

Writer, Director, Editor

Psychedelic Thriller/Drama

A young woman is thrown into a psychedelic nightmare during an acid trip gone wrong. She is forced to confront the repercussions of her sexual assault.

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Brianne's senior thesis film for Emerson College's BFA Film Production program.

The Lonely Ghost
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Brianne Neira

The Lonely Ghost

Written, directed, edited and filmed by Brianne Neira. A quick short on 16mm for Emerson College's Intro to Film Production class. Filmed on a Bolex and edited with a steenbeck.
"Fifteen Million Merits" Monologue
03:57
Brianne Neira

"Fifteen Million Merits" Monologue

Directed and edited by Brianne Neira. A selection from Black Mirror's "Fifteen Million Merits" for Emerson College's Directing Actors course. Lead: Rebekah Brunson Villain: Dev Davis-Lorton Crew: Stefan Lindhares
Dream
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Brianne Neira

Dream

Directed, filmed and edited by Brianne Neira. A silent short film for NYU's Sight and Sound Filmmaking class. Shot on a Sony FS100.
Rebekah Improv Monologue
03:34
Brianne Neira

Rebekah Improv Monologue

Directed by Brianne Neira. An improvised monologue performed by Rebekah Brunson based on the director's true story. Created for Emerson College's Directing Actors class.
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