PASSAGE
13 mins, 16mm film, 2020.
A foley artist creates sounds for a film starring a dressage horse and dissolves into his own imitation. As the character in the film, played by the gender fluid performer Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, seems to transform into a gender-defying centaur, the film reflects on the boundaries between the human and the animal as well as on fictional gender roles and their transcendence. Shot on 16mm film, PASSAGE alludes to Eadweard Muybridge’s pre-cinematic experiments with horses.
Written, Directed & Edited by
Ann Oren
Currently on view:
Festival Highlights:
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
BFI London Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn
Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
Hamburg Short Film Festival
Kasseler Dokfest
Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon
BOGO Shorts, Bogotá Short Film Festival
Funding support:
The Ostrovsky Family Fund
EPOS festival
Artis
Dramaturgy:
Dafne Narvaez Berlfein
Sound Design & Original Score:
Manuela Schininá
Foley Artists:
Production Design & Props:
Tail Master & Makeup:
Sada Leigh
Costume Design:
Morgan Young
Color Correction:
Sound re-recording Mixer:
Robert Hefter
Poster Design:
Produced with the support of
The Ostrovsky Family Fund
