A simple and ubiquitous pose: two glossily made-up women gaze into the camera’s eye and smile. But what begins as an ordinary image of femininity descends into raw uncanniness as the camera audaciously lingers and zooms, illuminating the tense and gruelling bodily labour involved in holding onto something that may have seemed so natural.
– Sophie Tupholme
Also in this combined programme
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Hook, Spill, Cry Your Eyes Out
A headfirst rush into the capitalist, urban landscape, using dynamic camerawork and canny editing. -
El striptease de mi abuela
An intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s grandmother prompts reflections about the body, old age, touch. -
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salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears
A poem with three narrators: a teardrop, a droplet of blood and a bead of sweat. -
Go West Young Man
A 1990s video art classic, interrogating racial and gender stereotypes through generational conversation and montage. -
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2020
What was lost when the 2020 pandemic’s mask-wearing regulations estranged our mouths from our bodies? -
CURRENCY
The body boldly challenges its attachment to history and economy in this luminous sonic short. -
Trailer
https://youtu.be/y4kVVbZbUAcFilm details
- Country of production
- Sweden
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
