01/06/2026
Thanks to Producer Scottie Fotré for submitting ‘Dizzy Nights’ to our Women in Film category
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Premise:
From Scottie Fotré, producer of the Academy Award®-nominated short A Friend of Dorothy, and writer/director Isabel Ion, Dizzy Nights is a surreal, Lynchian descent into the psychology of control.
Locked in a combative silence at a jazz club, Clara and her partner Eric argue over a dress, a drink order, and the invisible boundaries of his influence. As the atmosphere thickens, the club itself seems to turn against Clara — the guests' laughter sours, and a glamorous, mysterious woman watches from the shadows.
Captured in a breathless, unbroken 10-minute shot, this domestic pressure-cooker explodes out of the club and into a dreamlike night. A sudden, ethereal encounter on a dark street pulls Clara back into the jazz club, where she is forced to step out of Eric's suffocating rhythm and find her own beat. Choreographed entirely to an original, 17-minute improvised jazz score, Dizzy Nights uses the fluid metaphor of jazz to chart a woman's crescendo from psychological captivity to a triumphant, hard-won freedom.
Production Note: Written and directed by Isabel Ion, Dizzy Nights represents an end-to-end commitment to women supporting women in the arts. Mirroring its female-driven narrative, the project features a 50% female cast and crew alongside an exclusively female slate of Executive Producers.
Credits:
Isabel Ion: Director
Isabel Ion: Writer
Scottie Fotré: Producer
Beth Noble: Key Cast "Clara"
Mars Gideon Sams: Key Cast "Eric"
Daniele Bertolucci: Key Cast "The Waiter"
Lee Barnett: Key Cast "The Driver"
Kat De Leiros: Key Cast "The Woman"
Anson Read: Key Cast "The Manager"
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