Lily Baldwin

SWALLOWED

A SUBURBAN MOM'S LIFE IS UPTURNED BY THE BEAST GROWING INSIDE HER. 

Sam, newly a mother, shops at a supermarket with her baby and husband Carlson. She throws a neighborhood shishkabob party and has a family Sunday breakfast. But through her smiles and picturesque tasks, there's a suppression. Sam’s grown something she can no longer contain. This breaking point is the film SWALLOWED, where psychological horror meets dance.

SWALLOWED premiered in the omnibus feature COLLECTIVE:UNCONSCIOUS by Jane Schoenbrun, where five filmmakers— Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, and Lauren Wolkstein — adapted each other's dreams.

View the full film here. 

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“An extraordinary and scary film with a visceral power similar to  David Cronenberg’s THE BROOD, but with an anxious female perspective.”
— The New York Times

“A nightmare of socialization.”
— Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick

“A ROSEMARY'S BABY type situation of oversolicitous/menacing neighbors and physical revulsion.”
— Variety

“Where parenthood is a disembodying experience.”
— The New York Times

“Baldwin herself gives a stunning, incredibly physical performance as commonplace experiences become erotically-charged, dance-inspired ordeals.”
— Screen Slate

“SWALLOWED captures a different kind of fury. A disturbingly, inscrutable coda connects the concern with stereotypes with multimedia’s exploitation thereof like a fine, sharp wire.
— Slant Magazine

"On an intellectual/metaphorical level, SWALLOWED is the story of a woman’s truth that sometimes comes out, and sometimes stays in."
— We Are Moving Stories

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Criterion Channel paired with David Cronenberg's THE BROOD and in its original form within the omnibus feature COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS , and interview
Free the Work (curated by Shannon Purser)
Amazon
Vimeo: Staff Pick
BitTorrent
Short of the Week
Bureau of Creative Works

SXSW (WORLD PREMIERE— in competition)
IFP Screen Forward (THEATRICAL RUN)
SXSW "Gamechanger Award" (NOMINEE)
SXSW "Grand Jury Award Narrative Feature" (NOMINEE)
Nashville Film Festival "Grand Jury Prize" (NOMINEE)
Cleveland International Film Festival "New Direction Competition" (NOMINEE)

BAMCinemaFest
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Women of Cinefamily LA
Lausanne Underground Film Festival
Galway Film Fleadh
Montclair Film Festival
Independent Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Nashville Film Festival
Dallas International Film Festival
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival

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Directed, Choreographed, and Edited by Lily Baldwin
Produced by Andrew Houchens
Executive Produced by Jane Schoenbrun
Cinematography by Dagmar Weaver-Madsen
Original Music by Mark degli Antoni
Co-Edited by Christopher Radcliff
Production Design by Paul Depoo
Costume Design by Patty Lu
Hair by Kira Stuger
Makeup by Amanda Wilson
Production Manager Abby Harri
Assistant Director Niki Janowski
Sound Design by Jay Nierenberg
Visual Effects by Andres Eguiguren
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Starring Lily Baldwin, Michael Dempsey
With acclaimed NYC dancers Marc Crousillat, Stephanie Crousillat, Fabio Tavares da Silva, Joanna Kotze, Austin Lam, Tara Lorenzen, Tim Ward, and Netta Yerushalmy