Color, in its presence and absence, becomes a medium for articulating the psychological and social experiences of women, particularly in relation to motherhood, trauma, and the inner dimensions of lived experience. The chromatic spectrum operates not only as an aesthetic but as an expressive tool, revealing the layers of restraint and expression embedded within the female body and psyche. By situating color as a mode of witnessing and processing gendered impositions, it interrogates the visual language of both personal and collective experience. (Boris Hadžija)
BLUE is the result of a collaborative process with women who have experienced postpartum depression. The director organizes a cyanotype workshop for these mothers to create their own images that illustrate their condition: from their fears, dreams and experiences through the different shades of blue.
… >>>An immersion into a Nora’s memory, where realities merge, the bad and beautiful intertwined until it’s all mingled and something else is formed. A tragedy foretold.
… >>>In the 15th century, in Portugal, a group of monks built a wall around a forest and prevented the entry of women. But the hands of the living cannot control everything: in the invisible world, where night reigns and only souls light up the forest, women have built their kingdom of invisibility, without walls.
… >>>THAT'S ALL FROM ME is a fictional video correspondence between two women. A filmmaker struggles to balance motherhood and filmmaking, seeking advice from a writer who once wrote about her own experience with motherhood. The writer suggests to write about her life instead. The filmmaker turns her letter into a film, which ultimately leaves room for another narrative.
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