Event

Out of Our Minds - Film Screening with Melissa Auf der Maur

Join us for the Seattle premiere of the short film Out of Our Minds (OOOM) followed by a Q & A with producer, actor and musician, Melissa Auf der Maur.

$5.00 General Public
Free to EMP|SFM Members (contact EMP Box Office for tickets)

Out of Our Minds
Three time periods, one connection: Blood. The 28-minute film follows the central characters, a woman and her car, in a strange ritual that climaxes in a collision between past and future, crashing through the gateway to parallel worlds in the same forest. A fantasy world where a viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect. Using music rather than dialogue, the film tells a universal tale in striking optics. Borrowed from mythology, the hunt for the heart is the eternal quest envisioned in OOOM. Conceived by musician Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole / Smashing Pumpkins) and birthed by Film-maker Tony Stone (Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America) this mini epic is self-produced and shot in HD fueled by solar power.

Melissa Auf der Maur (Producer, Concept/Story, Music, and Actor)
Born in Montreal, Canada, Melissa Auf der Maur was raised with a fine arts education and a love of music. Between 1994-1999, she was a member of Hole, and her participation as bass player and songwriter culminated in the album "Celebrity Skin" released in 1998. In 2000, she joined the Smashing Pumpkins for their farewell world tour. In 2004, "Auf der Maur," her first solo album, was released by Capitol Records / EMI world-wide. Her new project "Out of Our Minds" is a multi-dimensional concept album, which includes the OOOM Album, the OOOM Film and the OOOM Comic.

Tony Stone (Director, Concept/Story, Editor and Cinematographer)
Tony Stone was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from Bard College, studying with filmmakers Adolfas Mekas, Peggy Ahwesh and Peter Hutton. His first feature, SEVERED WAYS: THE NORSE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and went on to win the prestigious Golden Owl Award for best feature film at the Leeds International Film Festival.