Art Direction
After the tragic death of her daughter Lily, Hannah searches for ways to reconnect and process her grief through increasingly daring and innovative artistic expression. Hannah becomes obsessed with death, children and duality, to the point at which sudden appearances of Lily’s ghost and Hannah’s own doubles begin to manifest - possibly from her imagination or perhaps from the fringes of reality. Diving deep into her art, using unprecedented photographic techniques, Hannah teeters on the edge of madness as she struggles to come to terms with her loss. Inspired by the life of photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918).
Nine artists across the continent document their sensory experiences of lockdown, and the results broke our editing program. What emerges is an absurdist collage that playfully flips the format of a video conference on its head. Filmmakers Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis pose the question: is the human need to make sense of chaos an inherently chaotic pursuit?
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When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course of the evening, the two navigate the aftermath of this traumatic event.
