Rachel Van
Actor / Vocalist, Chicago
Year of production: 2016
Running Time: 2:50 minutes
Rachel Van's reel, consisting of clips from projects spanning the previous three years.
Collection Day
Year of production: 2014
Running Time: 24:10 minutes
Property of Scott Eggleston / The Frugal Filmmaker
In Scott Eggleston's Masters Thesis film, "Collection Day," a near-future government enforcer named Taylor struggles with her loyalties when her dystopian programming begins to crack. Agent Rissa Nevar (Rachel Van) is paired with this new enforcer and must maintain control when Taylor strays from her programmed path.
Reel
Year of Production: 2015-2016
Running Time (Episode 1): 8:55 minutes
Property of Not For You Productions
James's best friend, Brad, buys a sword he finds on eBay that gives him magical ninja abilities. Brad decides to use his powers for good and fight crime, which is convenient when bad guys come looking for the Sword. James and Brad, with some help from James' sister, Laura (Rachel Van), get into far more than they expected while keeping the sword, and themselves, safe.
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sekaq4Yo94E
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjyMK3_06MM
Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByJfmUsolOg
Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l39zbmNTHXo
The Sword
Other Films / Videos
Year of Production: 2015
Running Time: 58 seconds
Property of Flokati Films
Teaser for the short film "Monotony Broken," in which a young woman finds refuge from her monotonous life in a mysterious stranger.
Monotony Broken - Teaser
Bona Fide
Year of Production: 2016
Running Time: 12:05 minutes
Property of Maksim T. Kuzin
Shot entirely on 16mm black and white film, Bona Fide tells a peculiar but oddly hilarious story of mistaken identity, when a man accidentally impersonates a famous artist, with unpredictable consequences.
72 Seconds
Year of Production: 2015
Year of Release: 2017
Running Time: 15:58 minutes
Property of Jess Carson / 10th Dimension Films
All it took was 72 seconds for Renee's (Rachel Van) and her husband Eric's world to come crashing down. Now, in the aftermath, will the couple be able to process and heal?
All Grown Up
Year: 2015
Clip of Rachel Van singing "All Grown Up" from the rock operetta "Bare" at a fundraiser cabaret benefiting the Human Rights Campaign in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Monotony Broken
Year of Production: 2015
Year of Public (non-festival) Release: 2017
Running Time: 5:14 minutes
Property of Flokati Films / JC Cocker (dir.)
Unsatisfied with life as she lives it, a young lady finds herself caught in the headlights of a stranger and chooses to turn it into a vivid life experience.