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2025 true age selfie of Sylvia Toy St. Louis
I havenβt been in therapy for 10 years because my therapist had to go back to Louisiana to take care of his father when his mother became unable to take care of him β¦ #writersofinstagram #sylviatoystlouis
My #neurodivergent peer posts are always public on Facebook: m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
I just submitted "DIRT by Sylvia Toy [English subtitles]" and "DIRT by Sylvia Toy" to International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIΕ»ENIA, Proceso de Error - Festival Internacional de Video Experimental, and HiShorts! Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
19.06.2025 07:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The wallpaper samples are from Dr. Robert Clark Kedzieβs
1874 book, coincidentally published 18 years before Charlotte Gilmanβs short story, βThe Yellow Wallpaper.β
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My projects have 3 phases: 1) story and character development through acting improvisation; 2) scene rehearsal and production design; 3) production with continuity.
The audio in this video was created by Sylvia Toy.
A rough cut of my movie, MOTHER, about 3 middle-aged, high-functioning mentally ill housemates, which I made in my livingroom. I spent 17 years as a solo performer, which provided me roots for developing script, character and production design using performance art and Method Acting techniques.
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Please note that βdigital creatorβ is nowhere on my resume.
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I make Arthouse movies in my livingroom. I spent 17 years as a solo theater performer/playwright. That provided me roots for developing script, character and production design using performance art and Method Acting techniques. My movies are rehearsed and produced with continuity.
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I am a self-taught filmmaker except for a foundation in basic technique and professionalism that I learned from a private tutor; an internship; and a brief career in legal videography.
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MOTHER: nonlinear narrative whose characters are high-functioning mentally ill housemates. The story is not autobio, but in 50 years since my first therapist at college, Iβve had diagnoses of Bipolar 1, Schizoaffective Disorder, Major Depression, General Anxiety Disorder, Phobia, Eating Disorder.
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My projects have 3 phases: 1) story and character development through acting improvisation; 2) scene rehearsal and production design; 3) production with continuity.
09.06.2025 15:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
MOTHER by Sylvia Toy, a performance art movie β Teaser 9
LOGLINE: A woman estranged from her mother is under suicide watch by her roommates, two friends from her mentally ill support group.
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ART FOR ITS OWN SAKE
FREE. Animation. <25 minutes. 8th year. June 28
filmfreeway.com/MostraFamade...
$1. Fantasy, science fiction and horror. Woman director category. <20 minutes. Spanish or English subtitles. 11th year. August 1
filmfreeway.com/FestivalBoca...
FREE. Environmental. <30 minutes. 5th year. August 17 filmfreeway.com/ARTSPEAKSOUT...
$15. Deaf/Hard of Hearing. English subtitles. 14th year. October 31 filmfreeway.com/SeattleDeafF...
$4.41 (intβl). Environment. <5 minutes. English subtitles. 10th year. October 31
filmfreeway.com/BABULECOFILM...
ART SPEAKS OUT
$5. Trans filmmakers. English subtitles. 1st year. July 1 filmfreeway.com/SeattleTrans...
$1.17. Truth and justice. <30 minutes. Spanish subtitles. 8th year. July 31 filmfreeway.com/FESCIMED
FREE. Animadocs. <30 minutes. 6th year. July 31
filmfreeway.com/RisingofLusi...
June 5
#sylviatoysfilmfestdeadlines #avantgarde #arthouse #experimental #videoart #environment #feminist #LGBTQIA #animation
Believe in yourself and your work. If youβre not out there, no one can find you.
Promotions are unwelcome and will be blocked.
Wallpaper sample: Dr. Robert Clark Kedzieβs 1874 book, archived in the Public Domain Reviewβs image library. Chessboard:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AA..., licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unportedlicense.
The video is original work by Sylvia Toy.
MOTHER by Sylvia Toy, a performance art movie β Teaser 8
LOGLINE: A woman estranged from her mother is under suicide watch by her roommates, two friends from her mentally ill support group.
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#artistsoninstagram
#performanceartist
#bipolarartist
#mentalillness
#sylviatoystlouis
I just submitted "DIRT by Sylvia Toy [English subtitles]" to DIAMETRALE. Experimental Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
04.06.2025 06:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gorgeous.
02.06.2025 03:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hours after shooting this scene; and doing housework and dinner prep while my iPhones uploaded, it felt like my characters had really been in my livingroom.
The video is original work by Sylvia Toy. There is no nudity in this movie.
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MOTHER by Sylvia Toy, a performance art movie β Teaser 7
LOGLINE: A woman estranged from her mother is under suicide watch by her roommates, two friends from her mentally ill support group.
#writersofinstagram
#artistsoninstagram
#performanceartist
#bipolarartist
#mentalillness
#sylviatoystlouis
Whatβs hard to believe is that she can speak so clearly with her head so far up the wazoo.
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FREE. Films based on poems. 5 minutes max. Portuguese or English subtitles. 3rd year. August 10
filmfreeway.com/CINEMaMOSTr
$5. Experimental category. Themes: βnature, discrimination, street animals.β <25 minutes. Turkish and English subtitles. 2nd year. August 31
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$4.66. βMOSAIC: Many Stories, One Frame.β <30 minutes. English subtitles. 8th year. July 30
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$4. Animation. <30 minutes. 8th year. July 31
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$2.88. Shorts. <18 minutes. Portuguese subtitles. 15th year. July 31
filmfreeway.com/farcume
ART FOR ITS OWN SAKE
$7. Experimental. READ GUIDELINES. 18th year. June 10
filmfreeway.com/cinetoroexpe...
$3.98. Animation. <30 minutes. 13th year. July 1
filmfreeway.com/CartoonsUnde...
FREE. Smartphone films. READ GUIDELINES. 1st year. July 25
filmfreeway.com/yeceongugjes...
PRIDE
FREE. LGBTQIA+. <16 minutes. English subtitles. 7th year. June 28
filmfreeway.com/TaosPrideFil...
DOCUMENTARIES
$7.41. Documentary film β social and environmental justice issues. 21st year. June 13
filmfreeway.com/ReFrameFilm
May 29
#sylviatoysfilmfestdeadlines #avantgarde #arthouse #experimental #videoart #environment #feminist #LGBTQIA #animation
Believe in yourself and your work. If youβre not out there, no one can find you.
Promotions are unwelcome and will be blocked.
MOTHER by Sylvia Toy, a performance art movie β Trailer 1
LOGLINE: A woman estranged from her mother is under suicide watch by her roommates, two friends from her mentally ill support group.
#writersofinstagram
#artistsoninstagram
#performanceartist
#bipolarartist
#mentalillness
#sylviatoystlouis
Doing a lil shameless plug because it actually helpsβ
If you like my art,
1. favorite my Etsy shop and any products you think are cool β€οΈ
2. Repost this so the algorithm senpai gods notice me πββοΈ
Thanks, besties!
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MOTHER: nonlinear narrative about high-functioning mentally ill housemates; and though the story is not autobio, over the 50 years since my first therapist at college, Iβve had diagnoses of Bipolar 1, Schizoaffective Disorder, Major Depression, General Anxiety Disorder, Phobia, Eating Disorder.
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