Catherine
2014 · 14m · USA
Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp
Tones: humorous, tender, whimsical
A short film written by Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate and starring Slate, exploring character and identity in a mode consistent with their Marcel the Shell collaborations — intimate, digressive, and emotionally precise.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Fleischer-Camp's short work with Slate predates Marcel's feature ascent and documents the collaborators at their most formally restless; Sundance selection confirms the work stands apart from their brand-recognizable output.
Fleischer-Camp and Slate, Sundance 2014. Charming. Polite. The hybrid-form claim is overreach — it's a Slate vehicle with a sweet little frame.
Dean Fleischer-Camp directing Jenny Slate from a script they co-wrote — Sundance 2014, AFI Fest. At 13:37 it's the Marcel-the-Shell sensibility transposed into live-action drama, and that hybrid register is rare.
Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival 2014
- AFI Fest 2014