Pigeon is a dark comedy about LIZ, a woman in her forties dealing with the aftermath of a breakup around the worst time of year to do such a thing: the holidays. Tis the season to experience depression. Juggling her emotionally-absent-but-trying father and her feelings Liz is faced with the most unlikely mirror: a wounded Pigeon.
Directed and Produced by Kiki Huynh; written and Executive Produced by Elizabeth Hamilton; director of photography, Eunah Lee; edited by Sean Patrick Leonard; music by Masami Tomihisa; costumes by Vanessa Gonzales; Produced by Ben Plotkin; casting by Ashley Dunsing & Anna Mayworm; titles by Matthew Miller
Production Company: Go Parachute
Aperitifs is a series of short film moments shot in themes. These small snippets of life are created to be like their namesake, a pre-dinner film cocktail to whet the palette. In an effort to explore new worlds, I created a new themed Aperitif every quarter throughout 2020 and released them on instagram.
You can find the whole series here.
Girl and A Gun is a short film about a young artist, Birdie, who finds herself in a life-changing moment when her older mentor of a year, Roger, unexpectedly crosses a boundary.
Producers: Justin Hogan & Kiki Allgeier; Director of Photography: Jon Michael Mooney; Artwork By: Jessalyn Brooks; Production Design: Annie Lilieholm; Costume Designer: Vanessa Gonzalez; Editor: Sean Leonard; Music By: Masami Tomihisa, Kevin Shea, Adam Lane; Titles and Animation: Matthew Miller; Writer: Kiki Allgeier; Assistant Camera: Rachel Garner; Gaffer: David Duet, Pablo Romeo; Key Grip: Wade Young; Sound: Patrick Joyner; Hair and Makeup: Laura Arango; Art Assistant: Fala Dagher; Production Assistant: Mohoganey Hollowell; Colorist: Arnold Ramm; Visual Effects: Art Miroshin; Sound Mix and Design: Sean Oakley
Production Company: Go Parachute
FEMMEfille is a feature-length documentary on the story of Isabelle Caro, Oliviero Toscani’s “NO-Anorexia” model who rose to fame after his campaign. Through spending time with Caro participating as a member of the jury for Top Model France and as she writes and releases her autobiography we see her attempt to be understood. But the media has a different plan and aims to exploit Caro’s offering of her body. Diving through different passages of time, with the aid of family photos as well as video diaries left behind, we see a kaleidoscope of Isabelle's life and the world that surrounded her. In the end, we come to know the complex history of a woman and the extreme life moments that ultimately lead to her death.
“…atmospherically poetic and smart film.”
-Hamburger Morgenpost
“A haunting portrait of a fragile soul.” - TV Movie
Length: 87 minutes
Production: TAG/TRAUM, Director/Producer: Kiki Allgeier, Executive Producer: Gerd Haag, Editor: Gesa Marten, Line Producer: Connie Kellers, Creative Producers: Eun-Zi Kim & Kerstin Krieg, Music by: Masami Tomihisa & Andreas Bjorck
Partners: ARTE ZDF, YLE, SVT, Filmstiftung NRW, BKM, Hessische Filmförderung and DFFF
Trying to breathe while fighting for air.
Screened at LOOP BARCELONA.
The Susans is a series of performance art pieces that took place in New York City and Los Angeles culminating in a live performance at Monkey Town in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Exploring the idea that we are different but we are the same.
Susans 005
Susans 001
Susans 002
A narrator travels to End of The World looking for answers.
This film is a response to a letter written by Matt McCormick entitled "Sincerely Joe P. Bear." It is an exploration of alternative modes of editing using a manual bolex camera and found footage of a polar bear hunt. Using such antiquated editing techniques for a contemporary film is a way of expressing the filmmaker's recurring dream like memories.
Written and Directed by Kiki Allgeier
Director of Photography Jeff Silva
Starring:
Kiki Allgeier
Sophie Landon
and Robert Michaels
Green is Kiki Allgeier and Mark Jwayad’s thesis project as graduates of the University of San Francisco’s Performing Arts and Social Justice Department. The musical that takes place in a 1950’s house built inside a black box theatre, Green is a family drama that grapples with the idea of a perfect world.