FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Columbia, SC – October 14, 2025
Columbia-based filmmaker Carol Higgins will celebrate a milestone this fall as her short film Pointé de Couture makes its New York City Premiere at the Dolby Screening Room on October 17, 2025, as part of THE ARTISTS FORUM FESTIVAL OF THE MOVING IMAGE.
Following the in-person premiere, Pointé de Couture will also be featured in the festival’s online edition beginning October 20, 2025, making it available to audiences across the globe.
About the Film
Pointé de Couture is a non-linear, musical retelling and deconstruction of Charles Perrault’s classic tale of “Cendrillon” (Cinderella) – stripped of its magic and rebuilt through historical research as well as Higgins’ own autobiographical details. The film invites viewers to reconsider fairytale narratives and to reflect on how stories that reference history may distort or oversimplify events. By weaving in historically plausible details uncovered through research, the film suggests that what is often accepted as “truth” in literature and lore deserves closer examination. Drawing on an interdisciplinary process that blends archival study, cultural analysis, and the author’s personal memories, the film rewrites Cinderella through historical details grounded in reality to challenge Perrault’s version. By stripping away the fairy godmother myth, it re-centers the story around Rose, a dressmaker whose artistry is overshadowed and misattributed, raising questions about authorship, access to recognition, and the hidden systems that shape the stories we inherit.
About the Filmmaker
Carol Higgins is an interdisciplinary artist whose musical short films challenge stereotypes by intertwining autobiographical elements with the deconstruction of familiar stories. Her background spans music composition, fashion, performance, and computer programming, with training in systems analysis that informs the structural and conceptual rigor of her work. A graduate of Arizona State University’s Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance program and recipient of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Fall 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Award, Higgins continues to explore perception, memory, and authorship through interdisciplinary practice, developing projects that utilize the performance, design, storytelling, and analytical skills cultivated through her studies at ASU.
While living abroad in Bavaria, Germany, Higgins ran a boutique dressmaking shop where her work was often romanticized and identified as being completed (often overnight) by a “Fairy Godmother”. This misinterpretation, along with her travels through Europe, and memories of her mother (who first taught her to sew), sparked the inspiration behind Pointé de Couture.
Festival & Access
- NYC Premiere / In-Person Screening: October 17, 2025, Dolby Screening Room, NYC
- Online Festival Program: October 20, 2025 onward
- Festival Info: theartistsforum.org/film-fest-2025
Media Contact
Carol Higgins
iam@carolhiggins.art | 803-220-6327
Press kit, trailer, and high-resolution images available at: pointedecouture.com/press