Select Film/Video Works

 
How to Care for Strangers. A fantasy short film.

How to Care for Strangers

A narrative fantasy short film about growing up, self-discovery, and connection.

Care me in. a film from Rebecca Penner

Care me in

A non-narrative personal essay film on 16mm film. It tracks the filmmaker’s coexistence with insects from their childhood fascination to their diagnosis of late-stage lyme disease as a young adult. See trailer here.

rivky. a film by Rebecca Miriam Penner

Rivky

A short experimental film seeking understanding of a pained childhood through newly discovered home videos.

“Rivky” is the director's childhood nickname. The name has been retired.

As one

An audio-visual voicemail left for the filmmaker’s grandmother who passed in 2022. They speak on the nature of time, memory, and lasting connection. A collaboration between the filmmaker, their brother, and their grandmother, posthumously.