Innovative special that features the candid, funny, painful, yearning insights of people living through a pandemic featuring personal experiences through the eyes of Ivana Chubbuck Studio students. Written, filmed and starring actors - expressing their pain through art.
A poignant and hilarious tour of the new pandemic normal, the (Corona) Viral Monologues brings together the stories of the Viral Monologues - an episodic play written by the actors at Chubbuck Studio - linking all of our worlds in the stages of grieving, regardless of if you are trying to stop of spread… or the steal.
As part of Ivana Chubbuck Studio’s first online course, a necessity brought on by the realities of a pandemic, students were asked to create. The first assignment was performing a monologue of their own creation that expresses an experience of the shutdown of life - due to the coronavirus. The primary purpose was to be worked on in class, but master teacher, Ivana Chubbuck, encouraged students to film it - and do something with it. The monologues created by the students are woven together to create a story that shows a portrait of culture in this moment. Filmed using the various methods of communications that are common during this epidemic; FaceTime, Zoom (Grid View or Solo), Webcams (Vlog) the film fully embraces these mediums in order to get across our message - a message of togetherness.
Golden Gate International Film Festival
Silicon Beach FIlm Festival
Global Indie Film Fest
Washington Film Festival
Cinema Los Angeles
International Moving Film Festival
Vegas Movie Awards - Award of Presitge - Best Woman Filmmaker - Winner (2022)
Washington Film Festival - Best Narrative - Winner (2021)
Silicon Beach Film Festival - Audience Award - Best Narrative Short - Winner (2021)
Atlanta Award Qualifying Film Festvial - Best Artistic Film - Winner (2022)
Cult Movies Festival - Best Feature Experimental - Winner (2022)
Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Ensemble - Semi-Finalist (2021)
Los Angeles Film Awards - Best Expirimental - Semi-Finalist (2021)
CARE Awards - Best Pandemic Film - Nominee (2021)
CARE Awards - Best Expirimental - Nominee (2021)
Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards - Semi-Finalist (2022)
New creators film awards - Best Editor - Winner (2022)
New creators film awards - Best Narrative Feature - Nominee (2022)
Inernational Moving Film Festival - Best Expirimental Film - Semi-Finalist (2021)
Los Angeles Theatrical Release Competition & Awards - Best Narrative Feature - Finalist (2022)