a film by Corey Hughes

** This link features a bonus post screening performance by musical artists Midnight Sun live at 2640 Space in Baltimore, MD (May 2nd 2025). Also available is a pre show performance by Amy Reid from the same evening. Exclusively on MEMORY. **

Synopis:
Isolated in her warehouse apartment, Jodiiie plays a VR guided meditation video game to calm her escalating anxiety. The game, run by a next generation AI algorithm, adapts its gameplay to the player’s emotions as they navigate twelve levels on a quest to achieve the ultimate goal: transcendence. Jodiiie becomes increasingly consumed by the game as the meditation descends into a maze of real, virtual, and hybrid worlds. Ultimately, Jodiiie must transcend the game itself.

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Screenings:
2024 Rockaway Film Festival (World Premiere)
2024 New/ Next (Baltimore)
2024 FWB Fest (Idylwild)
2024 Flat Earth Film Festival (Seydisfjordur)
30_____70 Doc Fest (Lago)
2025 Ithaca Experimental Film Festival (Ithaca)
Now Instant Image Hall (Los Angeles)
Roxy Cinema (New York City)
2640 Space (Baltimore)

Director Bio:
Corey Hughes is a Baltimore-based filmmaker working across narrative, documentary, and experimental forms. His work has premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance, SXSW, New York Film Festival, CPH:DOX, and Locarno Film Festival, where he was awarded the Pardi di Domani Special Jury Prize for the short film "Armageddon 2."

As a cinematographer, his credits include Marnie Ellen Hertzler’s "Crestone" (2020) and Theo Anthony’s "All Light, Everywhere" (2021) which was awarded the Sundance Jury Award for Nonfiction Experimentation and a CinemaEye Honor Nomination for Outstanding Cinematography.

He has participated in international workshops and residencies including Berlinale Talents, Werner Herzog’s Cuba Workshop, Nouvelle Bug Rome, Vermont Studio Center, and a MacDowell Fellowship. His work has been featured on Criterion Channel, Vimeo Staff Picks, Mubi, Adult Swim, No Budge, and shown at Now Instant Image Hall, Roxy Cinema, Macao Milano, and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

https://coreyhughes.info