Aderet Fishbane is a filmmaker & poet making experimental documentaries about inheritance and embodiment.
< Shorts >
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< Photography >
< Selected Poems >
"Epic of gilgamesh" & "A lot of people are dead & we just can't figure out what killed them" , BRUISER Sept 2023."Courting, courted" , pom pom press Aug 2023."Swan goose", BULLSHIT 2nd Anthology July 2023 (print only)."Girl world" , In the Mood Feb 2023."How I would talk if I worked on American Horror Story” & “Great tits” & “You’reHolyYou’reHolyYou’reHoly” , Hot Pink Jan 2023.
< CV* >
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Aderet Fishbane
Northampton, MA
aderetf2003 (at) gmail (dot) com⬇Education
BA in Film/Media & Religion
Mount Holyoke College⬇Awards
2024 Sarah Williston Scholar
2024 Glascock Poet Contestant
2024 NBCU Original Voices Fellow⬇Professional Experience
Arts & Technology Teaching Assistant, Mount Holyoke College. 2023-Present.
Marketing & Distribution Coord., KimiKat Productions. 2023-2024.
Media Consultant, Mount Holyoke College. 2022-2023.
Ads Intern, BOMB Magazine. 2021-2022.⬇Related Volunteer Work
Co-founder, Five College Film Collective & Screening Series. 2025-Present.
Editor-in-Chief, Mount Holyoke Review. 2024-Present.
Screener, Camden International Film Festival. 2025-Present.
Volunteer, Five College Film Festival. 2025-Present.
Volunteer, Rooftop Films. 2024.
Audio Editor, Mount Holyoke News. 2024-Present.
Student Director & Juror, Mount Holyoke College Student Film Festival. 2024.
Poetry Editor, Mount Holyoke Review. 2023-2024.
Web Editor, Mount Holyoke Review. 2022-2023.
MY HOROSCOPE SAYS I SHOULD GO AHEAD WITH WHAT I'M DOING
Personal doc exploring trans nonbinary self creation in community. Trying to understand the intimacy and intensity of change in the body and in bodies of friends.
2024. Digital. 05:18.
< Screenings >Tag! Queer Shorts Festival. Portland. Apr 5 3pm @ Hollywood Theatre.
Emergence shorts program.Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest. London.
Sept 22 3:30pm @ Rich Mix
Body Language shorts program.Exposures Montréal Trans Film Festival. Montréal.
Sept 22 3pm @ Éspace Transmission
Heartbeats shorts programFresno Reel Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Fresno. Sept 22 4pm @ Arts Annex and Doris Gallery
Transcendent shorts program
< Recognition >Honorable Mention. MIX FEST 2024. New York City.
PULL ON THIS
Self portrait.
2024. Digital. 02:39.
< Screenings >
Mount Holyoke College Student Film Festival. 2024.Showcase South Hadley. Tower Theaters, South Hadley MA. 2025.
RAPID VISIBILITY
Brief experimental exploration of trans nonbinary visibility, presentation and pleasure.
2024. Digital. 01:30.
RITUAL COPY
An overproduction of ritual practice, where meaning gets lost in its own signification.
2024. Digital. 01:30.
< Screenings >
Mount Holyoke College Student Film Festival. 2024.
ANGELS ARE PRETTY DEAD
A quick performance of rational, political and religious overwhelm, building frenetic panic via maximalist chaos.
2024. Digital. 0:30.
PROXY - in post production
When the filmmaker returns to their insular Jewish hometown, filming offers a way to mediate their new foreignness in the spaces they grew up in.
Coming soon. Digital.
< Screenings >
Work-in-progress screening. Millenium Film Workshop. Brooklyn NY. Mar 22 2025.Work-in-progress screening. Mount Holyoke College. South Hadley MA. Apr 8 2025.
BOY AM I ATTACHED
Portrait of transmasc friendship as a project of co-creation. Best friends Myles and Ezra consider what they’ve given each other.
2024. Digital. 03:30.
WITH A LOT OF SORROW
When images of violence dominate the daily media young Americans consume, looking becomes an act of both power and grief. With A Lot Of Sorrow explores the transmission of pain via the internet.
2024. Digital. 08:45.
< Screenings >
Five College Film Festival. Mar 29 @ Amherst College.
Isolation/Internalization shorts program
Winner, Honorable Mention
Faculty Jury Award for Documentary