Hortense Lingjaerde
Hortense Lingjaerde
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Thanksgiving (2020)

(Short Film; 14:51 minutes)

Logline: Relationships are tested and secrets are revealed when siblings return to their parents house for an enlightening Thanksgiving meal.

Thanksgiving is a comedy short film about Alexandra Douglas who returns home for Thanksgiving with a friend in tow. She doesn’t expect for their romantic relationship, and further secrets, to be accidentally outed. Her brother Ben unwittingly adds further confusion to the dinner with his guests, his Nicaraguan girlfriend Matilde and her mischievous sister Brenda, who sets her mind on setting Max, the third Douglas sibling, straight. Nevertheless, the family soon learns that love heals all in this heartwarming comedy.

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Miranda’s Marionettes (2020)

(Short film; 21 minutes)

Logline: Miranda struggles to find her place as a puppeteer until she meets a unique mentor who will push her to strive in her creative world.

Miranda’s Marionettes is a USC graduate thesis musical short film which explores the themes of sisterhood and mentorship. This film draws from some of the director’s favorite filmmakers and art forms from dance, puppetry & music to cinema. With this project, Hortense intends to bring back the French musicals of the 70s which she grew up watching. She wants to explore the boundaries of what the musical genre can be and to deviate away from the traditional Hollywood norms.

 

 

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Time’s Up (2019)

(Short film; 7 minutes)

Logline: While Clara waits for the subway to arrive at the station, she has to deal with a man who starts harassing her

Time’s Up sets out to address the constant sexual harassment and catcalling women are subject to on a daily basis and spark a dialogue around the issue for men who are not aware of the extent of the problem.

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The Blood of a Woman (2017)

(Short film; 6 minutes)

“A tale of Womanhood”

I believe I’ve found my voice in the telling of stories that feature strong and creative women — women who make a difference in the world and whose achievements deserve to be recognized and acknowledged. When I first considered becoming a director, I was far from realizing how widespread the gender-gap is in this field. Through my work at Sarah Lawrence, and at USC, I realized how women, have been written out of film history, and came to see the need for more film content that counteracts the mass media’s excessive objectification of women. After seeing the different disadvantages women are subjected to in film, I felt especially protective of my female characters and was concerned with their treatment in my films. I would like to tell stories that speak to our time and nurture acceptance and respect of one another.

The Blood of a Woman tells the coming of age of a 12-year-old girl who gets her first period and her reconciliation between her desire to remain a little girl and her unwanted, new found womanhood. I decided to make this film after I heard from a male peer that his worst nightmare would be to walk into a laundry room and run into a girl with bloodied sheets – It would rather be her worst nightmare – Shaming women's menstruation is still far too prevalent and the whole period subject still taboo. Some taboo awaits to be broken and this is an attempt on my part to break the silence around these stigmas people who menstruate face.

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Au-Delà des Ombres (2015)

(Short film; 13 minutes)

“A film about women, by women.”

Au-Delà des Ombres (in English “Beyond the Shadows”) is a short film that sets out to explore how everyday events in a woman's life can shape her as a woman and an artist, by featuring such moments in the life of a female photographer.

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