Olivia Motley
Film
With characteristic absurdity, after obtaining a degree in set design/ art direction, I turned towards documentary filmmaking, believing the narrative film industry to be wasteful and real life to be more interesting. This page consists of both fiction and non-fiction work.
Click the images to watch the films.
01
Flotsam, 2015
flotsam: /ˈflɒts(ə)m/
noun
1) the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea.
2) people or things that have been rejected or discarded as worthless.
A short, experimental documentary about the people that clean up trash during the biggest party in America- Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
02
Wade, 2011
Wade Wharton, a 3-time stroke surviror and local folk-art hero in Alabama, shares his whimsical garden and story. This was filmed 3 years before his tragic murder.
03
Torri Superiore Ecovillagio- 2022
The story of a 35-year-project to restore a medieval village and transform it into an intentional eco-community in Liguria Italy
04
Sunny Hill- Slovenia- 2021
A look into the lives of the members of Sunny Hill– a Slovenian eco-village and member of GEN Europe which is located in the hills of Istria.
05
Casa di Canapa- 2022
A 5-minute film about an eco-building and seed-saving permaculture project in Messina, Sicily. (Italy)
06
And How!- 2012
Writer, Production/Set Designer
This was my thesis film in University.
Things turn absurd after an unforseen tragedy comes to pass in this satirical film set in the 1950's on the film set of "A day in the life of the perfect wife."
