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Sky Ferreira stars in short film

By | Published on Tuesday 16 October 2012

Sky Ferreira

LA filmmaker Grant Singer has cast alt waif Sky Ferreira as an alt waif in his and writer Patrick Sandberg’s new short film, ‘IRL’ (aka ‘In Real Life’). The CMU approved Ferreira, whose new solo video ‘Everything Is Embarrassing’ Singer also directs, stars as “a girl who struggles to piece together the events of the previous night over 24 incandescent hours in New York City”. So, that sounds very nice, very Vice.

Throbbing Gristle’s Genesis P-Orridge, DIIV drummer Colby Hewitt and Brooklyn band Starred’s Liza Thorn and Matt Koshak also act in the movie, while musicians John Holland and Aaron David Ross – of Salem and Gatekeeper respectively – compose its original score. Apparently the short will be premiered “soon”, so keep track of updates via its official Twitter account. Meanwhile, the ‘IRL’ trailer:

And if you haven’t heard it yet, you might also like to listen to Ferreira’s new EP ‘Ghost’, as features the above-mentioned ‘Everything Is Embarrassing’, via her Tumblr.



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