Petits Salons Presents: CQ
On March 16th, we screened the 2001 sci-fi comedy CQ directed by Roman Coppola. One of the film’s stars, Billy Zane, joined us for the evening.
Doors opened at 7pm with a live musical performance from Paige Stark in the Wiggle Room. Following the performance, we had our screening of CQ out on the fire deck.
CQ is set in Paris 1969, where a director’s obsession with the lead actress has clouded his judgment and the film has no ending. A young American, in Paris to document his life on film with total honesty, is brought in to finish the movie with a bang. Starring Angela Lindvall, Jeremy Davies, Jason Schwartzman, and Billy Zane.
**This screening included a Q&A with Billy Zane.
Screen Your Film at Petits Salons
Petits Salons is a collaboration between James Aaron Oliver, Darby Gaelle Hannon, and Sarah Carter in partnership with Cheshire Moon Productions, BLKBRD Films, and Petit Hermitage — a space for artists, filmmakers, investors, and friends to connect. Each evening begins with live music inspired by the film and closes with a Q&A designed to spark meaningful conversations and encourage fellow filmmakers to follow their creative instincts despite the challenges.
If you have a short film or feature you’d like to submit for consideration, or if you’re a musician interested in performing, we’d love to hear from you!
Please contact us using the link below.
Be sure to include:
A link to your film or music
A short bio
A brief description of the project
We look forward to discovering and celebrating your work!
Earlier this week I was invited to speak and facilitate for a group of artists who were brave enough to talk honestly about grief, creativity, and the strange alchemy that happens when we lose something we love or an opportunity we were hoping for.
So much of the artistic process involves mourning what could have been… ideas that didn’t take form, projects that didn’t survive, versions of ourselves we once imagined. But when we move through that grief instead of shrinking inside it, something else begins to appear: clarity, alignment, and the realization that our creative voice was forming the whole time.
None of this growth happens in isolation. Artists need community. Audience. Investors. Collaborators. Promoters. Support systems. Friends. Lovers. We need spaces where our nervous systems can reset, where honesty is welcomed, and where the inner artist has permission to evolve and to try new things, new versions of ourselves, to fail, and to try again.
Right now the world is asking a lot of artists. The role of creativity in collective healing has never been more important.
We need each other.
We need courage.
We need art.
We need you.
Thank you to Jamie Wollrab for inviting me into your community and trusting me to facilitate this deep work.
If you’re curious about the projects, circles, and collaborations born out of process work, you can find more at cheshiremoonproductions.com.
Loving us all.
oxox
~ S ~