ABSTRACTION- LGBTQ WLW SHORT FILM 2024 (4K)

Student Short Film/Leeds, UK 2024

Ingrid was plagued with vivid dreams when she met Norah, a fellow lucid dreamer with a proposition to undertake a drug-induced sleep experiment. Influenced by the chemistry between them, Ingrid accepts and together they journey through their dreamscapes, while Norah takes control. After a dark twist Ingrid loses grip of her surroundings, and takes back control of her reality.

Director Statement
Coming out as a lesbian at 15 years old was incredibly isolating, struggling to relate to my peers and navigate a patriarchal society with little guidance; I grew up seeking out harmful representations of my identity in cinema- and I made a vow to change this. ABSTRACTION is told through the female gaze, and offers an honest perspective on identity, vulnerability and control, diverting away from the typical surface-level conventions of queer women on screen, and creating narratives that pull away from the characters' sexuality.
Taking control and creating a space for queer women to be in charge of our own narratives is a value I wanted to bring to my practice, and widen the scope of genres where gay characters are the main characters. To experience working with a number of queer women on this film was a full-circle moment and ABSTRACTION remains a love letter to all the queer girls who felt on the outside.

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