Mila Rae Mancuso
Case Study One: The Shrink, 2023
dir. | 16mm to digital | color | sound | 5:35min



A short poetry film surveying transitory object-life and permanence. Concepts arose from games of exquisite corpse and practices of automatic writing—part one of a series of vignettes.Official Selection: Revolutions Per Minute Film Festival, 2023.
Official Selection: FLICKERS, 2024.
Official Selection: NEW YEAR / NEW WORK at The Film-makers’ Coop, 2024.
A Bride is a Lonely Polka Dot, 2023
dir. / co-editor | 16mm to digital | color | sound | 8:45min


A runaway bride hitchhikes to salvation.Starring Katie Conlin as the Bride
Written & Directed by Mila Rae Mancuso
Edited by Shane Sullivan & Mila Rae Mancuso
Produced by Craig Lauret
Director of Photography: Corey Tian
Featuring an original score by Maggie Talibart
BTS Photographer: Magnolia Ellenburg
The Puppeteers Co-Op, 2023
16mm to digital | color | sound | 8:29min



A short documentary surrounding Boston’s Puppeteer’s Co-Op and Sarah Peattie, one of the early founders of the group.Directed by Shane Sullivan
Produced by Mila Rae Mancuso
edited by Craig Lauret
Director of Photography: Corey Tian


Twin-Flame, 2022
dir./writer | 16mm | B&W | sound | 5:03min


After the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. The film was originally shown on 16mm with magnetic track sound.Directed, Written, Edited, and Sound Design: Mila Rae Mancuso
Set Design: Nick Renteria

Roan Baxter Martin as The Fool
Caleb Peck as The Phantom Hand

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