Preview screening and Q&A with director Carmen Emmi and composer Emily Wells

Tuesday, Sep. 23 2025, 6:45

• Carmen Emmi is a filmmaker with deep roots in Syracuse, New York, where he grew up in a family of farmers. After graduating from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Carmen began his career as an independent Director of Photography, contributing to a range of projects, including short films, commercials, and feature-length productions. His debut screenplay, Plainclothes, garnered acclaim in several industry competitions, including placing in the top 50 of the prestigious AMPAS Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Plainclothes marks Carmen’s directorial debut.
• Polymathic composer, producer, and video artist Emily Wells builds songs from deliberate strata of vocals, synths, drums, piano, string and wind instruments. Wells has toured extensively throughout the world, including headlining performances at the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Sundance Film Festival, and the National Gallery of Art, and has shared the stage with artists such as Wilco, Japanese Breakfast, The Roots, and Son Lux. She has released six critically acclaimed albums including 2017’s "visionary" (NPR) This World is Too For You, and 2022’s “complex, vibrant, and dynamic” (Pitchfork) Regards to the End. Wells has written original music for film including an end credits song for Park Chan Wook’s Stoker (2013) “Becomes the Color”. Her music has been extensively licensed across film, TV, and advertising, including features in Sharp Objects (HBO), Orange Is The New Black (Netflix), Bates Motel (A&E), Riverdale (CW), and The New York Times’ Diagnosis (Netflix), as well as in promotional media for Apple, Adidas, Nike, IKEA, among others.

Tickets: $15 (members), $20 (nonmembers)

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