When a shy girl, secretly in love with her rocker-grrl housemate, meets an unbalanced heiress on the run, anything could (and does) happen in BRUSHFIRES, the latest production from Chicago-based film group Split Pillow. As the three women negotiate the dangerous relationships among them, the seven women directors weave a sensual tale of suspense. Drawing inspiration from the poem by Jessica Wilbur and the surrealist parlour game, The Exquisite Corpse, each director selected a word or phrase on which to base her segment, and the seven chapters of the film bear their individual marks. This impressive experiment in filmmaking emerges as a sensitive tale of young desire, loss, and love's confusion.
| Directing | Laura Lonigro | Director |
| Directing | Ai Lene Chor | Director |
| Directing | Etta Worthington | Director |
| Directing | Maria Gigante | Director |
| Directing | Amber Mohammad | Director |
| Directing | Aprill Winney | Director |
| Directing | Wendy Jo Carlton | Director |
