Writer, director, and animator SIGNE BAUMANE will join the audience for a Q&A following the 7:30 p.m. screening of her film MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE on Friday, April 19. Part of the Norman A. Geske Cinema Showcase, presented by Friends of The Ross. Visit www.theross.org for tickets and more information.

Signe Baumane is a Latvian-born, Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. She has made 17 award-winning animated shorts but is best known for her first animated feature ROCKS IN MY POCKETS. The film covers a 100-year history of depression and suicide of women in her family, including herself. It premiered at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 where it won a FIPRESCI prize, went on to over 130 international festivals and opened theatrically in the U.S. through Zeitgeist Films.

Signe’s new animated feature MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE fuses animation with music, theater, science, photography, three-dimensional sets and traditional hand-drawn animation to tell the story of a spirited young woman’s quest for perfect Love and lasting Marriage. Signe is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow in Film for New York Foundation for the Arts. She has a degree in Philosophy from Moscow State University./span>