Candlelit Conjure: Co-work with Film Spells

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Candlelit Conjure: Co-work with Film Spells

Join Film Spells for a night of reigniting your creative projects in supportive, intuitive community. Writing a script? Editing a short? Applying for a grant? Pulling tarot to see what your character should do next? We're here for it.

Our circle begins with sharing briefly about our projects and channeling our desires into a clear intention. Then, we’ll have spacious time to breathe new life into our stories before closing the day’s ceremony. 30 minutes to ground, 2 hours to write/edit/work, 30 minutes to celebrate what we've conjured.

Please bring something to write with (analog or laptop), and (optional) an image or object to represent your project. If you're editing, drawing, or tending to your visions in another way, please bring those materials too! This will be a mostly quiet/focused work session with time to share in the beginning and end. Tea and snacks provided.

Founded by Arianne Ayu Alizio, Film Spells is a community for cinépsychics offering workshops, rituals, and screenings. We initiate cinema and writing as modes of (re)connection, dream-weaving, and divine channeling to honor our histories, mobilize our present, and co-create abundant futures.

About Arianne Ayu Alizio

★ Arianne Ayu Alizio is a poet, filmmaker, and capricorn many times over. They write and direct expansive love stories for those who exist between worlds. Arianne’s poems and films are omnisensory ghost stories invested in intimacy, belonging, and transformation.

Arianne received The Poetry Project’s 2022 Brannan Prize and was a top 10 finalist for Palette Poetry’s 2023 Rising Poets Prize. Their film La Mirage debuted at the 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival and was recently acquired by Empowerhouse. Arianne’s short Jalan Jalan was a finalist for Jane Schoenbrun’s 2018 Eyeslicer Grant. They’ve screened and performed at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery (The Poetry Project’s 50th Annual New Years Day Marathon), Institute of American Indian Arts, BLUM, Philosophical Research Society, Garel Fine Art Gallery, The Broad, plus many rooftops, farms, bookstores, and bars. Their poems have appeared in The Poetry Project Newsletter and asphalte mag. Their latest short film Fiancé Forever is currently in post production.

You may also know Arianne as the founder of Film Spells, a community for cinépsychics offering workshops, rituals, and screenings. Film Spells initiates cinema and writing as modes of (re)connection, dream-weaving, and divine channeling to honor our histories, mobilize our present, and co-create abundant futures.

Say hi on IG: @arianne.ayu ★

Accessibility

This event takes place in a second-floor space with stairs and is not wheelchair accessible. Please see our Accessibility Statement for more information.