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Abigail Severance makes films and other images about nostalgia, history, and queer thought. Her work has screened at Sundance, The Broad, MOCA/LA, Studio Museum of Harlem, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Wexner Center, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Curta Cinema Rio, Women in the Director's Chair, London LGBT Festival (BFI Flame), MIX, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, among other festivals & venues. She has received a Fulbright, a Film Independent fellowship, and most recently a CalArts Research & Practice Grant for We the Devoted, a near-future narrative about borders and labor, made collectively with its ensemble cast. Her essay film Acadia, about nationalist nostalgia and queer origin stories, is currently in post. 

 

Raised in New England and Nova Scotia, Abigail lives in Los Angeles where has been faculty at the CalArts School of Film/Video since 2009 and served as Dean 2019-2024. She holds a BA in cultural studies from Hampshire College and an MFA in film directing from the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television.

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