A los libros y a las mujeres canto
The civilising role of women and literature is at the forefront of this affectionate documentary about four women and their libraries.
72'
Spain
IFFR 2023
Filmmaker Winnie Cheung appears as one of ten female multi-disciplinary creatives invited to participate in the Locker Room’s second annual residency founded by artist Samara Bliss in this haunting metafictional docu-horror. The scene is deep winter Brooklyn, a multi-level home typical of the burrow, with slightly dishevelled yet kaleidoscopic interiors that add flavour to the collective productivity.
Cheung’s camera increasingly provokes her subjects while playing with audience perception, interchanging between a sense of freedom summoned through creative expression and community juxtaposed against the rising tension anticipated in hybrid work-living experiences. Although the artists are free to leave the space, there is a sense of confinement and self-restraint as each artist is pushed to their limits, stifled by the pressure that comes with creation.
Inspired by DIY Punk cinema, Residency recalls Richard Lowenstein’s Dogs in Space (1986) or Gaspar Noé's Climax (2018), where the absence of natural light illuminates the fusion of colours, shapes, movements and sounds generated by the omnipresent creative flow, inducing a hallucinogenic and transient experience where practice and exhibition are in constant flux.
– Ol Marin
IFFR 2023
Programme IFFR 2023
A selection of feature-length debuts, characterised by original subject matter and an individual style, representing the cutting edge of contemporary filmmaking.
Read more about this programmeThe civilising role of women and literature is at the forefront of this affectionate documentary about four women and their libraries.
72'
Spain
IFFR 2023
A witty, well-observed portrait of middle-class India’s aspirations and the attendant pressures on its children.
94'
India
IFFR 2023
A deadpan dramedy about four millennials in Istanbul beset by money and social troubles.
88'
Turkey
IFFR 2023