Dani Wasserman – In-Person – 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 PM

Dani Wasserman is an artist and filmmaker based in Pittsburgh, PA, originally from Athens, OH. After spending the first 24 years of their life in Athens, Dani graduated from Ohio University in 2021 with a degree in Media Arts, building a portfolio of short films and video works. They then moved to Boulder, Colorado, to pursue an MFA in Film at the University of Colorado, Boulder, which they completed in 2024.

Dani’s work has been showcased at festivals across the United States and Europe, including Film Diary NYC in New York, SQIFF in Scotland, and many times here at AIFVF. Endlessly enthralled with the scattered blasts of light that dance across our retinas, Dani makes films about feelings, bodies, queerness, memories, and sometimes baseball.

Screening works:

L’anniversaires 2018, 13 min
Estranged siblings reconnect after the death of a parent.

A Love (R)Ending 2019, 3 min
Two lovers go their separate ways

Boys Toys 2020, 4 min
A music video about the power of toys.

Calling My Friends 2021, 4 min
A music video about the power of phoning a friend.

Developing 2022, 4 min
Shot digitally and then transferred to 16mm and processed by hand, this visual poem made from a personal archive of quarantine footage meditates on gender and chemistry.

Jr & the Kid 2023, 4 min
A fictional cowboy reflects on his love affair with 90s baseball superstar Ken Griffey Jr.

A Road Home 2023, 12 min
Across the country, a traveler stumbles upon a road that could lead them all the way home.

Warm Air Rises 2024, 10 min
Hazy memories of moments from early childhood rise to the surface in reflection upon changing gender identity.

Essay No. 1 2024, 4 min
Inspired by anxiety, this poetic essay film parses its surrounding at the turn of 16mm film’s first century.

Sunshower 2024, 31 min
Water, and light on glass shift and move on a late summer afternoon.