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Her* Hands and His Forms

2022 · 14 min

A hypnotic, experimental meditation that drifts like a ghostly incantation, asking patience and rewarding it with quiet unease.

Directed by
Masha Godovannaya, Sílvia das Fadas
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Do you believe in ghosts? An incantation becomes a refrain in this two-channel projection of sequences from an old film, recaptured on a Lomo lens. It’s all in her* hands shaping his form, her* labour questioning his authority.

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Directed by
Masha Godovannaya, Sílvia das Fadas
Genres
Documentary
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • gender
    • power
    • art
    • memory
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    • found footage
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism3
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight5

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Masha Godovannaya, Sílvia das Fadas
    Runtime
    14 min
    Country
    Austria, Russia
    Languages
    No Language

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