Circle of Signs is a piece about the wildfires rampaging through California, but so much more. It is about climate grief, the hopeless situation capitalism and colonialism has left the planet and youth to take on, and so for this video, I decided to collaborate with a teenager on the entire creative trajectory. It was a tremendous learning experience. Seraphia Behr is 15 and stars in the film, she is a first time actor, and we created the ideas and images together. In this piece, I somehow felt how the suppression of natural burning forests equated to the suppression of the voices of the youth. Somehow, Seraphia is California embodied, struggling with and ultimately reclaiming her wildness, her beauty, her insecurities, her vision for her future, and the lineage of women she comes from. I learned a lot. It was an honor to make this piece for Mariee, and I also got to bring together many amazing female artists whose work is featured in this piece. - Director’s statement

CREDITS:

Music

Mariee Siou

Director

Samantha Shay

Created in collaboration with

Seraphia Behr

A Source Material Production

Producer

Arabella Morgan & Samantha Shay

Performed by

Seraphia Behr

Director of Photography

Victoria Sendra

Assistant Director

Cinthia Konopacki

Voiceover

Seraphia Behr & Samantha Shay

Editor

Samantha Shay

Colorist

Silvia Grav

Costume Design

Fien Lute

Featured Visual Artists

Júlíanna Ósk Hafberg & Freyja Eilíf

Gaffer

Erla Margrét Gunnarsdóttir

Sound Recording on set

Josh Wilkinson

Hair & Make-up

Kolbrún Anna Vignisdóttir

Catering

Arabella Morgan

Set Photography

Sunna Ben

Graphic Design

FISK Projects

Film Equipment

Victoria Sendra & KUKL Iceland

Film Locations

Íslenski Reiðskólinn, Listaháskóli Íslands, Hvammsvik Hot Springs Sponsored by Baka Baka, Brauð & co., Hvammsvik Hot Springs, Kryddhúsið, SIGMA, SIGMA, & Nebraska Reykjavik.

SCREENINGS & FESTIVALS:

Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival

November 8th, 2023, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Prague Music Video Awards

November 10th, Prague, CR

* Award: Best Lyric Video

Oska Bright Film Festival

March 11th, 2024, Brighton, UK