Strawberry Milkshake

Chicago Shorts Block: October 30 at 9PM

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Synopsis

When a workaholic aspiring bakery owner sets out to find a date for her best friend’s wedding, her carefully controlled life begins to unravel. Forced to confront her avoidance of intimacy, she must decide whether success means building her dream alone, or allowing others into her life. Set across a series of intimate encounters that never quite go as planned, the film explores the tension between ambition and joy, asking what it really means to prioritize the relationships that nourish us. Strawberry Milkshake is a tender, quietly funny portrait of a young woman learning that ambition doesn’t have to come at the expense of meaningful connection.

Runtime: 12 minutes 55 seconds

Directed by: Jillian Green

Jillian Green is a Chicago-based filmmaker and recent film graduate whose work centers women of color in tender, character-driven stories. Inspired by the lack of joyful, nuanced representation she encountered in the media, her filmmaking seeks to portray women of color beyond narratives of struggle, making space for softness, humor, and joy. Through warm, grounded storytelling, she aims to create the kind of representation she longed to see on screen. Strawberry Milkshake is her latest short film, continuing her commitment to joyful, inclusive representation both in front of and behind the camera.nnel Inter in 2018 and worked as a staff and freelance video producer in Ukraine and across Europe.