Rayn Epremian
writer & filmmaker
BIO
.png)
Rayn Epremian is a British-American writer, filmmaker, and language enthusiast who travels extensively in worlds both real and imagined. She writes in many mediums and endeavors to speak in many tongues. In 2015 she graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she studied screenwriting and linguistics. In 2018 she wrote, directed, and produced the short fantasy film “Multiverse”. Her poetry has appeared in speculative poetry magazine Liminality and in Proverse Hong Kong's 4th "Mingled Voices" Anthology, and she periodically reads her work at public events such as 2018’s Period Party at the New Women Space in Brooklyn. She spent February 2019 writing a fantasy novel at a month-long writing residency at Villa Sarkia in Sysmä, Finland, and in July 2019 she attended the SLS poetry workshop with Ariana Reines in Tbilisi, Georgia. Other projects in the works include a poetry collection, several feature screenplays, and a musical.
FILM
{"items":["a1d426ce-c8e6-4ab0-97e6-42687f3a2915","c18841dc-58d1-4a2a-b096-7c29e9625fe6","fdc2b6ee-502c-4455-8d74-2e378f77935d","2813472a-dbc1-4363-ac24-afa24a940eb8","f8048a4e-6231-4de5-8915-285370a59f3d","fff74abc-81e7-4618-8576-75198e021f65","d393e586-c712-49bd-8254-6b7bf230be37","612d2644-71f5-4cb5-9b91-79f4d043a686"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Strips","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fit","cubeRatio":"100%/100%","isVertical":false,"collageAmount":0.8,"collageDensity":1,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":true,"imageMargin":0,"galleryMargin":0,"floatingImages":0,"chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":true,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":false,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":0,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":120,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCubeRatio":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.3333333333333333,"numberOfImagesPerRow":3,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":false,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":3,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"useCustomButton":false,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_HOVER","galleryHorizontalAlign":"center","galleryTextAlign":"center","galleryVerticalAlign":"center","scrollSnap":true,"itemClick":"expand","fullscreen":true,"allowSocial":false,"allowDownload":false,"allowTitle":false,"allowDescription":false,"loveButton":true,"loveCounter":false,"videoPlay":"auto","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","scrollDirection":1,"overlayAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowTitleExpand":true,"allowDescriptionExpand":true,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"APPEARS","thumbnailSize":142,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxHeightMode":"AUTOMATIC","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"textsVerticalPadding":0,"textsHorizontalPadding":0,"titleDescriptionSpace":6,"customButtonText":"","customButtonBorderWidth":1,"customButtonBorderRadius":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"Load More","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"NO_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":0,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":1,"videoLoop":true,"gotStyleParams":true,"selectedLayout":"3|bottom|1|fit|false|1|true","showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryImageRatio":2,"sharpParams":{"quality":90,"usm":{}},"imageLoadingWithColorMode":"PICKED_COLOR","imageRatioType":"FIXED","numberOfDisplayedItems":3,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,1)"},"itemShadowOpacityAndColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,0.2)"},"textBoxBorderColor":"color-5","textBoxFillColor":"color-2","alwaysShowHover":false,"isStoreGallery":false,"previewHover":false,"galleryLayout":3,"itemOpacity":{"themeName":"color_14","value":"rgba(61,61,61,0.6)"},"itemFont":{"style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"family":"spinnaker","preset":"Heading-M","editorKey":"font_5","size":18,"fontStyleParam":true,"displayName":"Basic Heading","value":"font:normal normal normal 18px/1.4em spinnaker,sans-serif;"},"itemFontSlideshow":{"family":"avenir-lt-w01_85-heavy1475544","displayName":"Basic Heading","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":22,"preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_5","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 22px/27px avenir-lt-w01_85-heavy1475544,sans-serif;"},"itemDescriptionFontSlideshow":{"family":"avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496","displayName":"Paragraph 2","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":15,"preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 15px/18px avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;"},"itemDescriptionFont":{"family":"avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496","displayName":"Paragraph 2","style":{"bold":false,"italic":false,"underline":false},"size":15,"preset":"Custom","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:normal normal normal 15px/18px avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496,sans-serif;"},"itemFontColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"itemFontColorSlideshow":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,1)"},"itemDescriptionFontColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"itemDescriptionFontColorSlideshow":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,1)"},"loadMoreButtonFont":{"family":"palatino linotype","displayName":"Paragraph 2","style":{"bold":false,"italic":true,"underline":false},"size":16,"preset":"Body-M","editorKey":"font_8","fontStyleParam":true,"value":"font:italic normal normal 16px/1.4em \"palatino linotype\",serif;"},"loadMoreButtonFontColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,1)"},"loadMoreButtonColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"loadMoreButtonBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_15","value":"rgba(31,31,31,1)"},"arrowsColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"oneColorAnimationColor":{"themeName":"color_11","value":"rgba(255,255,255,1)"},"responsive":false,"isAccessible":false,"allowLeanGallery":false,"layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":3,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0},"container":{"top":133,"bottom":"","left":-118,"right":"","width":1216,"height":518,"position":"absolute","avoidGallerySelfMeasure":true,"galleryWidth":1216,"galleryHeight":367,"scrollBase":0}}
MULTIVERSE
An indecisive young woman gains a new perspective when she falls in love with Trudy, a fourth-dimensional vampire for whom all possible universes are equally real.
POETRY
"Sometimes Sirens"
"
schools of fish colliding
conferencing
comparing ideologies
blue and yellow surface-darers
orange coral blooming
invisible stingers
we’re only sirens sometimes [when we need to eat]
"
in
LIMINALITY
Issue #18
Winter 2018-2019
News & Events
December, 2019
"Multiverse": Official Selection, Oregon Cinema Arts Festival
August, 2019
"Multiverse": Official Selection, Oregon Cinema Arts Festival
Heading 3
"Multiverse" premieres at Lovesick Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Feb 22, 2019
Sanatakomo ("Word-Smithy") Reading + Open-Mic!
Matka-Baari, Sysmä, Finland
February 2019
Villa Sarkia Writing Residency Sysmä, Finland
May 30, 2018
Period Party
A night of poetry & storytelling in celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day
New Women Space, Brooklyn
May 16, 2018
"Multiverse" crowdfunding complete!
News & Events
December, 2019
"Multiverse": Honorable Mention, One-Reeler Festival
August, 2019
"Multiverse": Official Selection, Oregon Cinema Arts Festival
Heading 3
May 18, 2019
"Multiverse" screening & interview at Systems
NYU Gallatin MA Conference
April 8-14, 2019
"Multiverse" streams at Lift-Off Genre Festival Online 2019
March 27, 2019
"Multiverse" premieres at Lovesick Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ, USA
Feb 22, 2019
Sanatakomo ("Word-Smithy") Reading + Open-Mic!
Matka-Baari, Sysmä, Finland
February 2019
Villa Sarkia Writing Residency Sysmä, Finland
May 30, 2018
Period Party
A night of poetry & storytelling in celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day
New Women Space, Brooklyn
May 16, 2018
"Multiverse" crowdfunding complete!
Seed&Spark
CONTACT
Questions, book recommendations, collaboration propositions? Get in touch!