Chill is a touching documentary about a single woman fighting to preserve her fertility
and dreams of motherhood through egg freezing in her mid-thirties. Jennifer
Frappier documented her feelings, thoughts, and experiences in the weeks
leading up to her egg retrieval while also directing and producing the film.
"I made the decision to freeze my eggs to possibly extend
my fertility," said Frappier.
During my egg freezing research I read a lot of stories
with asterisks next to the woman’s name and there was never a photo. It was
frustrating to me that women felt like they had to hide their identity. I
wanted to document my experience to attach a face, a person, that people could
identify with, to the egg freezing process.”
The film documents everything from her daily injections,
monitoring ultrasounds, and other incidents, including a setback that
threatened her success. Jennifer refers to the threat that caused her to have
to stop the cycle and start again, as the “Monster Follicle”.
I'm excited to share that Chill has been chosen as an official selection for the ITSA Film Festival in Sonora, CA. Yahoo!
Guess who's going to St. Paul, Minnesota? This girl. Chill is an official selection of the Twin Cities Black Film Festival!
We're coming up on a holiday weekend so let's start it off right with yummy breakfast foods and a private screening of Chill!
I'm really psyched to share that Chill has been accepted to the Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival. Currently, the event is only viewed by judges. The winners will be announced this month. Thanks for supporting women in film and congrats to all the filmmakers!
After four years of blood, sweat and tears Chill is finished! I can't believe it. I'm super excited to share it with you!
To be honest, life has kinda been kicking my ass the last couple months. There have been roller coaster ride of challenges and changes, but a lot of good things are happening too: