My First Film

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My First Film

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2024,

1h 40m,

Drama

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Nearly 15 years later, Vita (Odessa Young), recounts making her first feature -- a semi-autobiographical film about a young woman who gets pregnant and decides to leave home. Being an enthusiastic but inexperienced filmmaker the shoot is chaotic, and her ego-tripping methods destroy the production. As her "first film" falls apart, director Zia Anger stages a lyrical auto-critique that probes the nature of artistic truth and personal mythmaking.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Sep 17, 2024

Moments that defy representation and that Anger nonetheless put onscreen with an originality and an audacity that are as personal as the events that they bring to life, as revolutionary as the times demand...

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

Sep 6, 2024

4/4

It’s rare to “meet” a new artist whose work is so personal it feels like a fingerprint.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

Sep 5, 2024

I don’t know which parts of Vita’s life are drawn directly from Anger’s and which are her invention, but it doesn’t really matter — this is deeply personal work, and it shows.

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Jaylan Salah

Geek Vibes Nation

Aug 18, 2026

7.2/10

Discover the unique world of Zia Anger’s My First Film, a thought-provoking and captivating exploration of the challenges of filmmaking.

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

Jul 13, 2025

3.5/5

Unfinished projects and our presentation towards others might have been Anger’s cruces, but in making a movie like MY FIRST FILM, this year’s certain onion-oddity, honesty feels like karmic goodness.

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Dec 20, 2024

My First Film is an ode to the messiness of creation, the bonds forged during marathon shoots, and the end product, abandoned or lauded.

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Nearly 15 years later, Vita (Odessa Young), recounts making her first feature -- a semi-autobiographical film about a young woman who gets pregnant and decides to leave home. Being an enthusiastic but inexperienced filmmaker the shoot is chaotic, and her ego-tripping methods destroy the production. As her "first film" falls apart, director Zia Anger stages a lyrical auto-critique that probes the nature of artistic truth and personal mythmaking.

Director: Zia Anger
Producer: Taylor Shung, Riel Roch-Decter
Screenwriter: Zia Anger, Billy Feldman
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: MUBI, Memory
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 30, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 6, 2024
Runtime: 1h 40m

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