Chris Filippone

Artist Statement

My films immersively explore social issues and themes around the survival economy, marginalized perspectives, and liminal spaces. And I aspire to tell these stories by moving beyond mere observation, giving viewers the opportunity to feel, even for a glimpse, the lived experiences of others on-screen. This practice is a guiding ethic towards building a relationship across the film screen, monitor, or television – breaking down the distance between viewer and subject. Simply, it as a more radical attempt at creating a space for empathy.

Chris Filippone_ Huntsville Station_Film_2020 / Premiere: Berlinale

BIO

Chris Filippone is a documentary filmmaker whose works have consistently screened at leading international film festivals including Berlinale, Visions du Réel, SXSW, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, and Sheffield Doc/Fest as well as online in The New York Times Op-Docs, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Short of the Week, and Vimeo Staff Picks. In 2021, his film Huntsville Station was nominated for both Best Short at the IDA Awards and Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking at the Cinema Eye Honors. He has received support from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, AmDoc, Mountainfilm, Iowa Arts Council, and Bread and Roses Fund; fellowships from the Telluride Student Symposium and UFVA; and residencies at the KHN Art Center and Points North Institute. Chris is a graduate of Stanford University’s M.F.A. Documentary Film and Video program and has previously taught at San Francisco Art Institute, Santa Clara University, and most recently as a Visiting Assistant Professor at The University of Iowa. 

http://www.chrisfilippone.com/