My First Film - Revision history

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	Anger then created an interactive screen-life film due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a [[TextEdit]] documentary, and [[QuickTime]] files of the feature, involving viewers through [[iMessage]] and [[AirDrop]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/zia-anger-odessa-young-interview-my-first-film/\|title=Interview: Zia Anger and Odessa Young on the Freedoms of ‘My First Film’\|website=[[Slant Magazine]]\|first=Marshall\|last=Shaffer\|date=August 31, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-hate-her-zia-anger-on-the-thorny-self-portrait-my-first-film/\|title=“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film\|website=The Film Stage\|first=Nick\|last=Newman\|date=August 29, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> Anger began writing a feature film version alongside Billy Feldman during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://moveablefest.com/zia-anger-my-first-film/\|title=Zia Anger on Reconciling an Experience with Perspective in My First Film\|website=Moveable Fest\|first=Stephen\|last=Saito\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/zia-anger-odessa-young-my-first-film-interview-1235043330/\|title=When Zia Anger Cast Odessa Young as a Stand-In for Herself in ‘My First Film,’ an Unbreakable Bond Was Forged\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Keresna\|last=Cadenas\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Anger then created an interactive screen-life film due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a [[TextEdit]] documentary, and [[QuickTime]] files of the feature, involving viewers through [[iMessage]] and [[AirDrop]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/zia-anger-odessa-young-interview-my-first-film/\|title=Interview: Zia Anger and Odessa Young on the Freedoms of ‘My First Film’\|website=[[Slant Magazine]]\|first=Marshall\|last=Shaffer\|date=August 31, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-hate-her-zia-anger-on-the-thorny-self-portrait-my-first-film/\|title=“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film\|website=The Film Stage\|first=Nick\|last=Newman\|date=August 29, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> Anger began writing a feature film version alongside Billy Feldman during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://moveablefest.com/zia-anger-my-first-film/\|title=Zia Anger on Reconciling an Experience with Perspective in My First Film\|website=Moveable Fest\|first=Stephen\|last=Saito\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/zia-anger-odessa-young-my-first-film-interview-1235043330/\|title=When Zia Anger Cast Odessa Young as a Stand-In for Herself in ‘My First Film,’ an Unbreakable Bond Was Forged\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Keresna\|last=Cadenas\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman Jane Wickline, [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>		In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman, [[Jane Wickline]], [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>

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	'''''My First Film''''' is a 2024 American [[Drama (film and television)\|drama]] film, directed by Zia Anger, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Anger and Billy Feldman. It stars [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman, Jane Wickline, Seth Steinberg, Sage Ftacek, Abram Kurtz, Jackson Anthony, [[Philip Ettinger]], [[Sarah Michelson]] and Ruby Max Fury.		'''''My First Film''''' is a 2024 American [[Drama (film and television)\|drama]] film, directed by Zia Anger, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Anger and Billy Feldman. It stars [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman, [[Jane Wickline]], Seth Steinberg, Sage Ftacek, Abram Kurtz, Jackson Anthony, [[Philip Ettinger]], [[Sarah Michelson]] and Ruby Max Fury.

	It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024. It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.		It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024. It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.

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	* Devon Ross as Dina		* Devon Ross as Dina
	* Cole Doman as JJ		* Cole Doman as JJ
	* Jane Wickline as Alexis		* [[Jane Wickline]] as Alexis
	* [[Philip Ettinger]] as Dustin		* [[Philip Ettinger]] as Dustin
	* [[Eamon Farren]] as Joe		* [[Eamon Farren]] as Joe

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	{{Rotten Tomatoes prose\|90\|7.50\|10\|consensus=\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_first_film\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose\|81\|6\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>		{{Rotten Tomatoes prose\|91\|7.80\|11\|consensus=\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 7, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_first_film\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose\|81\|6\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>

	Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

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	{{Rotten Tomatoes prose\|90\|7.50\|10\|consensus=\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_first_film\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose\|75\|5\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		{{Rotten Tomatoes prose\|90\|7.50\|10\|consensus=\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_first_film\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose\|81\|6\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 7, 2024}}</ref>

	Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

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	{{Metacritic film prose\|78\|4\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		{{Rotten Tomatoes prose\|90\|7.50\|10\|consensus=\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_first_film\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose\|75\|5\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 6, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

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	* Abram Kurtz as Cash		* Abram Kurtz as Cash

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	Between 2010 and 2012, Zia Anger shot her first feature attempt, ''Always All Ways, Anne Marie'' having family and friends participate as cast and crew.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nextwave-interview-my-first-film-by-zia-anger/\|title=CPH:DOX Next:Wave interview: My First Film by Zia Anger\|website=Business Doc Europe\|first=Davide\|last=Abbatescanni\|date=March 25, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/going-through-every-emotion-important-zia-anger-morphs-desktop-documentary\|title=“Going Through Every Emotion Is Important”: Zia Anger Morphs Desktop Documentary Performance ‘My First Film’ Into Fiction\|website=[[International Documentary Association]]\|first=Alex\|last=Lei\|date=June 19, 2014\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> The project was rejected by multiple film festivals and left as "abandoned" on [[IMDB]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://elephant.art/interview-with-zia-anger-on-her-new-movie-my-first-film/\|title=“Every Version of it Tore Me Apart”: Zia Anger on Her New Movie ‘My First Film’\|website=Elephant\|first=Shanekia\|last=McIntosh\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Between 2010 and 2012, Zia Anger shot her first feature attempt, ''Always All Ways, Anne Marie'' having family and friends participate as cast and crew.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nextwave-interview-my-first-film-by-zia-anger/\|title=CPH:DOX Next:Wave interview: My First Film by Zia Anger\|website=Business Doc Europe\|first=Davide\|last=Abbatescanni\|date=March 25, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/going-through-every-emotion-important-zia-anger-morphs-desktop-documentary\|title=“Going Through Every Emotion Is Important”: Zia Anger Morphs Desktop Documentary Performance ‘My First Film’ Into Fiction\|website=[[International Documentary Association]]\|first=Alex\|last=Lei\|date=June 19, 2014\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> The project was rejected by multiple film festivals and left as "abandoned" on [[IMDB]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://elephant.art/interview-with-zia-anger-on-her-new-movie-my-first-film/\|title=“Every Version of it Tore Me Apart”: Zia Anger on Her New Movie ‘My First Film’\|website=Elephant\|first=Shanekia\|last=McIntosh\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	Anger then created an interactive screen-life film due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a [[TextEdit]] documentary, and [[QuickTime]] files of the feature, involving viewers through [[iMessage]] and [[AirDrop]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/zia-anger-odessa-young-interview-my-first-film/\|title=Interview: Zia Anger and Odessa Young on the Freedoms of ‘My First Film’\|website=[[Slant Magazine]]\|first=Marshall\|last=Shaffer\|date=August 31, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-hate-her-zia-anger-on-the-thorny-self-portrait-my-first-film/\|title=“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film\|website=The Film Stage\|first=Nick\|last=Newman\|date=August 29, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> Anger began writing a feature film version alongside Billy Feldman during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://moveablefest.com/zia-anger-my-first-film/\|title=Zia Anger on Reconciling an Experience with Perspective in My First Film\|website=Moveable Fest\|first=Stephen\|last=Saito\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>		Anger then created an interactive screen-life film due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a [[TextEdit]] documentary, and [[QuickTime]] files of the feature, involving viewers through [[iMessage]] and [[AirDrop]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/zia-anger-odessa-young-interview-my-first-film/\|title=Interview: Zia Anger and Odessa Young on the Freedoms of ‘My First Film’\|website=[[Slant Magazine]]\|first=Marshall\|last=Shaffer\|date=August 31, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-hate-her-zia-anger-on-the-thorny-self-portrait-my-first-film/\|title=“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film\|website=The Film Stage\|first=Nick\|last=Newman\|date=August 29, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> Anger began writing a feature film version alongside Billy Feldman during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://moveablefest.com/zia-anger-my-first-film/\|title=Zia Anger on Reconciling an Experience with Perspective in My First Film\|website=Moveable Fest\|first=Stephen\|last=Saito\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/zia-anger-odessa-young-my-first-film-interview-1235043330/\|title=When Zia Anger Cast Odessa Young as a Stand-In for Herself in ‘My First Film,’ an Unbreakable Bond Was Forged\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Keresna\|last=Cadenas\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman Jane Wickline, [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>		In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman Jane Wickline, [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>
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	It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/documentary-film-festival-cphdox-competition-lineup-1235911079/\|title=Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX Unveils Competition Lineup\|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|first=Leo\|last=Barraclough\|date=February 15, 2024\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref> It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/zia-anger-my-first-film-trailer-odessa-young-watch-1235033551/\|title=‘My First Film’ Trailer: Zia Anger’s Feature Debut Is a Filmmaking Hall of Mirrors Starring Odessa Young\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Ryan\|last=Lattanzio\|date=August 8, 2024\|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>		It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/documentary-film-festival-cphdox-competition-lineup-1235911079/\|title=Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX Unveils Competition Lineup\|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|first=Leo\|last=Barraclough\|date=February 15, 2024\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref> It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/zia-anger-my-first-film-trailer-odessa-young-watch-1235033551/\|title=‘My First Film’ Trailer: Zia Anger’s Feature Debut Is a Filmmaking Hall of Mirrors Starring Odessa Young\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Ryan\|last=Lattanzio\|date=August 8, 2024\|access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>

			==Reception==
			===Critical reception===
			{{Metacritic film prose\|78\|4\|ref=yes\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/my-first-film/\|title=My First Film\|website=[[Metacritic]]\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

			Natalie Winkelman of ''[[IndieWire]]'' gave the film an A- writing: "My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning, and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/my-first-film-review-zia-anger-movie-review-1235038687/\|title=‘My First Film’ Review: Zia Anger’s Origin Story Establishes Her as an Electrifying New Voice in American Indie Film\|website=[[IndieWire]]\|first=Natalie\|last=Winkelman\|date=August 21, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> [[Richard Brody]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' praised the film writing: "A masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself."<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-metafictional-ingenuity-of-my-first-film\|title=The Metafictional Ingenuity of My First Film\|website=[[The New Yorker]]\|first=Richard\|last=Brody\|date=September 4, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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			[[Category:2024 directorial debut films]]
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	[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]		[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]

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	==Production==		==Production==
			Between 2010 and 2012, Zia Anger shot her first feature attempt, ''Always All Ways, Anne Marie'' having family and friends participate as cast and crew.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://businessdoceurope.com/cphdox-nextwave-interview-my-first-film-by-zia-anger/\|title=CPH:DOX Next:Wave interview: My First Film by Zia Anger\|website=Business Doc Europe\|first=Davide\|last=Abbatescanni\|date=March 25, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.documentary.org/online-feature/going-through-every-emotion-important-zia-anger-morphs-desktop-documentary\|title=“Going Through Every Emotion Is Important”: Zia Anger Morphs Desktop Documentary Performance ‘My First Film’ Into Fiction\|website=[[International Documentary Association]]\|first=Alex\|last=Lei\|date=June 19, 2014\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> The project was rejected by multiple film festivals and left as "abandoned" on [[IMDB]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://elephant.art/interview-with-zia-anger-on-her-new-movie-my-first-film/\|title=“Every Version of it Tore Me Apart”: Zia Anger on Her New Movie ‘My First Film’\|website=Elephant\|first=Shanekia\|last=McIntosh\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

			Anger then created an interactive screen-life film due to her frustration with filmmaking and festivals, using a [[TextEdit]] documentary, and [[QuickTime]] files of the feature, involving viewers through [[iMessage]] and [[AirDrop]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/zia-anger-odessa-young-interview-my-first-film/\|title=Interview: Zia Anger and Odessa Young on the Freedoms of ‘My First Film’\|website=[[Slant Magazine]]\|first=Marshall\|last=Shaffer\|date=August 31, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thefilmstage.com/i-hate-her-zia-anger-on-the-thorny-self-portrait-my-first-film/\|title=“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film\|website=The Film Stage\|first=Nick\|last=Newman\|date=August 29, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref> Anger began writing a feature film version alongside Billy Feldman during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://moveablefest.com/zia-anger-my-first-film/\|title=Zia Anger on Reconciling an Experience with Perspective in My First Film\|website=Moveable Fest\|first=Stephen\|last=Saito\|date=August 30, 2024\|access-date=September 5, 2024}}</ref>

	In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman Jane Wickline, [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>		In November 2022, it was announced [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman Jane Wickline, [[Philip Ettinger]],[[Eamon Farren]], Eleanore Hendricks, Sage Ftacek, Jackson Anthony, Seth Steinberg, [[Hailey Gates]], [[Sarah Michelson]], Abram Kurtz and Ruby Max Fury had joined the cast of the film, with Zia Anger directing from a screenplay she wrote, and [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] set to produce and distribute.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/odessa-young-my-first-film-zia-anger-mubi-movie-1235179305/\|title=Zia Anger’s ‘My First Film’ From Mubi Sets Odessa Young As Lead\|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]\|first=Anthony\|last=D'Alessandro\|date=November 21, 2022\|access-date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>

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	'''''My First Film''''' is a 2024 American [[Drama (film and television)\|drama]] film, directed by Zia Anger, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Anger and Billy Feldman. It stars [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman, Jane Wickline, Seth Steinberg, Sage Ftacek, Abram Kurtz, Jackson Anthony, [[Philip Ettinger]], [[Sarah ~~Michaelson~~]] and Ruby Max Fury.		'''''My First Film''''' is a 2024 American [[Drama (film and television)\|drama]] film, directed by Zia Anger, in her directorial debut, from a screenplay by Anger and Billy Feldman. It stars [[Odessa Young]], Devon Ross, Cole Doman, Jane Wickline, Seth Steinberg, Sage Ftacek, Abram Kurtz, Jackson Anthony, [[Philip Ettinger]], [[Sarah Michelson]] and Ruby Max Fury.

	It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024. It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.		It had its world premiere at [[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival\|CPH:DOX]] on March 19, 2024. It was released in a [[limited release]] on August 30, 2024, prior to streaming on [[Mubi (streaming service)\|Mubi]] on September 6, 2024.