Patient
Video, 19.5m, 2023
Fiction, reality, the private, and the performed overlap on a routine but emotional day at a medical center.
International Premiere: 2023 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, International Competition Official Selection
Local Premiere / Cast & Crew Screening: 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival
SCREENINGS:
– Tabor Film Festival, International Competition, Croatia – July 6-7, 2023
– Message to Man, International Competition, St Petersburg, Russia – Oct 20-28, 2023
– Short Film Night, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany – Oct 18,2023
– Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria, BC, Canada – Oct 20-Nov 25, 2023
– Gene Siskel Film Center, “Everyday Life” Chicago, IL – Oct 31, 2023
– Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden (Oscar-qualifying) – Oct 23-29, 2023
– Driftless Film Festival, Mineral Point, WI – Nov 1-4, 2023
– Light Matter Film Festival, Alfred, NY – Nov 2-5, 2023
– Millennium Film Journal Launch Screening, Anthology Film Archives, NY, NY – Nov 15, 2023
– Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel, Germany – Nov 14-19, 2023
– Camera Obscura Film Festival, Petaluma, CA – Nov 17-19, 2023
– NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA – Dec 9, 2023
– San Diego Underground Film Festival – January, 2024
– Cosmic Rays Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC – March 2, 2024
– Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI – April 6, 2024 (WINNER OF GOLDEN BADGER AWARD)
– Athens International Film & Video Festival, Athens, OH – April 10, 2024
– Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Tulsa, OK – April 28, 2024
PATIENT CREDITS:
Featuring:
Standardized Patients as Standardized Patients:
Ronna Trapanese as Gayle
Jim Rowe as Jonathan
Sabra Michelle as Sherrill
Melvyn Marcum as Braydon
Standardized Patients as Medical Students:
Rainy Armstrong as Melanie Wagner
NayMyo Win as Sonny Aung
Suzan Kurry as Pauline Zinn
Lydia Nyachieo as Gertrude Tefara
also featuring:
Kathleen Tissot as the Administrator
Lillian Abrams as the Instructor
Stuart Utley as the Back-Up
Ariel Teal as Administrative Support
Jenna Patenaude as Announcement Voice
Direction: Lori Felker
Writing: Lori Felker & Cast
Assistant Director: Ariel Teal
Camera: NK Xiong, Liz Sunday, Lori Felker
Sound Recording: Spencer Tye
Production Assistance: Megan Schwoerer
Editing: Lori Felker
Editing Consultants: Drew Durepos, Mike Olenick, Adam Strohm, Ward Crockett
Sound Mix: Alex Inglizian
Colorist: Ward Crockett
Research and Production Support: Jenna Patenaude, Kathleen Tissot
Support:
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
UWM Office of Research | Research Assistance Fund
DePaul University, School of Cinematic Arts
Gratitude:
Wichman Clinical Teaching and Assessment Center
University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine and Public Health
Lori Felker 2023