Acting for Film

Azalea is a key collaborator with Mirror Up To Nature Films and has starred in their short films "Woman's Troubles," "Hurly Burly," and "School Night" (which were selected for various festivals including the Woodstock, Austin, and New Filmmakers Film Festivals). She also starred in and designed masks and costumes for New Genesis Productions' short film "The Mousetrap" and wrote and performed a French language poem for the experimental short "'L'Esprit de L'Escalier."

See her IMDb page here.

Woman's Troubles (2022)

A short film about a a young woman lost in the woods of the 1890s West, who must fight the twin foes of unforgiving nature and patriarchal cruelty.

Starring: Azalea Rusillon and Benny Rendell.
Written, edited and directed by Benny Rendell
Costume and Make Up: Azalea Rusillon
Original Song: "Lost One" written and performed by Donna Lewis, music by Archie Lewis-Harris
Thanks to: Samina Akbari, Caroline Roland-Levy, Joanne Rendell, Ron Nyswaner, Sam Cristler, and Bradley Lewis.

L'Esprit de L'Escalier (2023)

An experimental short film that pays homage to the French New Wave:

Starring Fae Leonard-Mann & Ace Ramsey
Poem written and performed by Azalea Rusillon
Directed, shot and edited by Benny Rendell
Music composed and performed by Gerry Leonard

Apples and Flowers (2023)

A short film shot entirely in stills at Bard College, NY:

Starring Azalea Rusillon and Solal Buvat
Costumes by Azalea Rusillon
Directed and edited by Youssef Fahmy

Hurly Burly (2020)

Selected for the Austin and Woodstock Film Festivals, "Hurly Burly" is a dark comedy about an ambitious actor who receives a prophecy.

Written, edited and directed by Benny Rendell
Original score by Archie Lewis-Harris
Costume and Make Up: Azalea Rusillon
Starring: Jake Heenan, Maggie Heenan, Archie Lewis-Harris, Benny Rendell, Mary Kunicki, Azalea Rusillon, Lucca Lofaro, Georgia Dedolph, Fae Leonard Mann, and Zoe Frances Harvey

Hamlet's The Mousetrap (2021)

For a stage production of Hamlet, members of New Genesis Productions Shakespeare company made this short film that screened during performances as the play-within-the-play, "The Mousetrap."