Los Angeles Filmforum presents *Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen Again: The Films of Victoria Vincent.*

In person: Victoria Vincent and curator Sam Gurry. Q&A to follow the show.

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A fever dream stitched together from hyperpop absurdism, DIY grit, and existential dread, Victoria Vincent’s films paint a world where the distant horizon line never gets any closer, and the only certainty is drinking alone at a curved bar. Dogs wear masks, but so does everyone else. Twins blur into one another, mirroring our fractured digital selves, caught between internet personas and the crushing weight of reality. Soundscapes swing between punchy sardonic humor and smooth, radio-friendly yacht rock, a disorienting mix of self-aware irony and sincerity. Jazz scores breakdown, Kafkaesque systems loom. Everything cycles, everything repeats. Rough-edged animation and MP4-era editing create an unsettling intimacy—like watching something on Live Leak right before the feed cuts. Yet, in the haze of self-harm, drug use, and agoraphobia, there’s a flicker of connection—friendship, however messy, however fleeting. And maybe, just maybe, hope.

Victoria Vincent, known online as Vewn, has been animating and posting for over a decade, drawing over 1.5 million subscribers into her ever-evolving distortions. Though digital, her work carries the earthy luster of the hand-drawn, with tablet-hewn crosshatches that feel like visible thumbprints on the screen. The edges aren’t just present—they’re highlighted, both visually and thematically. Her worlds are layered with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it background jokes, where every flyer, sign, and screengrab is weighted with intent. Anxiety pulses through every jittery, shifting line, her signature boils keeping characters in a state of perpetual unease—always trembling, always on the edge of implosion. Echoing the raw instability of Danny Antonucci, Brendon Small, and Pritt Pärn, her boiling lines keep every frame restless, as if the world itself is nervously exhaling, seconds from collapse.

*Notes and Program by Sam Gurry.*

This is an age 18+ event

Presented by LA Filmforum

2220 Arts

LA Filmforum: The Films of Victoria Vincent

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