WAKE UP
“I found it personal, experimental, frightening, tender, brutal, spastic, and above all genuine. While the images and sounds are intentionally and effectively overwhelming and at times nightmarish, the emotions are so clearly felt.”
- Dan Ketchum, DocuWest Programmer
“Wake Up punches you in the sternum then gently holds you up as your knees buckle and you catch your breath.
Grateful I found this film.”
- Tamika Fields, Audience Awards
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Wake Up is a short, first person documentary in which filmmaker Erin Babbin explores her role in three generations of women artists. It is an intense and deeply personal film that utilizes archival photographs and films created by her grandmother and mother, and responds to conversations left unspoken. Wake Up delves into the relationships of the women in Erin's family while examining the harsh realities of the cycles of addiction and depression. The film sheds light on the universal subject of the artist and addiction, including the tragedies that too often accompany them, with room for redemption through artistic practice.
Wake Up was chosen as a winning finalist in The Fusion Doc Challenge and winner of the award for Best Use Of 1st Person Genre. The film had its world premiere at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2015, screened at The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2015, The San Francisco Doc Fest in June 2015, Docuwest International Film Festival in September 2015, Toronto Indie Doc Fest in October 2015, and Hammerbrook Film Fest in Hamburg, Germany, in December 2015.
Wake Up screened in numerous festivals throughout 2015 through 2018 and received a distribution deal with Fusion.
The film was featured across Fusion's broadcast and digital platforms.
Above is the official trailer for Wake Up, click here for more info on festivals and screenings.
Wake Up was chosen as a winning finalist in The Fusion Doc Challenge and winner of the award for Best Use Of 1st Person Genre. The film had its world premiere at Slamdance Film Festival in January 2015, screened at The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2015, The San Francisco Doc Fest in June 2015, Docuwest International Film Festival in September 2015, Toronto Indie Doc Fest in October 2015, and Hammerbrook Film Fest in Hamburg, Germany, in December 2015.
Wake Up screened in numerous festivals throughout 2015 through 2018 and received a distribution deal with Fusion.
The film was featured across Fusion's broadcast and digital platforms.
Above is the official trailer for Wake Up, click here for more info on festivals and screenings.
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