FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – June 9, 2026 Interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Carol Higgins has received the award for Best Director – Musical/Dance Film from the Los Angeles Short Film Awards for her animated musical short film, Pointé de Couture. A deconstruction of Charles Perrault’s Cendrillon, Pointé de Couture reimagines the Cinderella myth through...
Pointé de Couture recently received critical feedback through the review process at Cannes Film Awards, highlighting the film’s exploration of authorship, labor, and the reinterpretation of familiar mythologies. The review praised the project as “a sophisticated subversion of the Cinderella archetype” and recognized its focus on “the hidden labor behind the happy ever after.” These...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – February 28, 2026 Pointé de Couture Wins Two Awards at Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival Interdisciplinary filmmaker and composer Carol Higgins has received two additional international awards for her short film Pointé de Couture at the Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival. The film was honored with: Best Short Animation Best Poster...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – December 22, 2025 Pointé de Couture Wins Best Composer in Short at Paris International Short Festival Filmmaker and composer Carol Higgins has been awarded Best Composer in Short at the 2025 Paris International Short Festival, an IMDb-qualified international festival recognizing excellence in global short filmmaking. The award honors Higgins’...
Carol at The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image (2025) Screenshot Screenshot FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – October 18, 2025 Carol Higgins’ Pointé de Couture Wins Best Animated Short (Student) at THE ARTISTS FORUM Festival 2025 Festival of the Moving Image Independent filmmaker Carol Higgins is thrilled to announce that her short film...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – August 16, 2025 Carol Higgins’ Short Film Pointé de Couture Selected for KIDS FIRST! Film Festival Independent filmmaker Carol Higgins is proud to announce that her short film Pointé de Couture has been officially selected by the KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, a global platform showcasing outstanding films for young...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Columbia, SC – June 23, 2025 Carol Higgins’ Pointé de Couture Selected as Semi-Finalist at ARFF Paris // International Film Festival Filmmaker Carol Higgins is proud to announce that her short film Pointé de Couture was selected for the Around International Film Festival (ARFF) Paris 2025, where it premiered during the festival’s...
What better way to portray children than through animation? Here, you'll see "Rose" as a child in her first screen test.
This composition was originally written in 2022 and launched this project. This opening monologue serves and an overture as it incorporates elements from other songs in this project into the first musical number.