Beni: Under the Influencer

Running from past embarrassments, influencer Beni has come to town in order to overcome stage fright and find a new self as a serious thereminist, but it’s not paying off fast enough and debt is racking up. When hairdresser Shawndee shows up with a dubious total-make-over contraption, Beni must give up the digital world that has thus far defined reality.

2024
ca 30 min

format - color 4K video, 25fps, stereo sound
length - 30 mins
created by - Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard & Zayne Armstrong

written by - Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard,
Zayne Armstrong

direction - Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard, Zayne Armstrong
cinematography - Nadja Krueger
music by - Easter
costumes by - Ivanna Heredia-Torres 
art department - Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard, Zayne Armstrong

cast - Ellinor Aurora Aasgaad, Julie Chance, Seán Gallen, Christa Joo Hyun D'Angelo ++

with support from - Arts Council Norway, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists, Fond for lyd og bilde, Regional project funds Norway

Documentation by KUNSTDOK/Tor Simen Ulstein.