Martianette (2016) Performed, Written, Edited, Directed by Berglind Þrastardóttir, Cinematography by Yiou Penelope Peng, Sound by Etienne Haug
Trailer: (by Yiou Penelope Peng)
Film: (for password please send me an email berglind@dffb.de)
A WORLD DOMINATED BY HIS EYES, BY THE HE—THERE IS NOT A MILLIMETER OF SPACE ON THIS PLANET FREE FROM THE EYES OF HIM… SHE DOESN’T BELONG HERE, SHE FEELS THERE IS NO PLACE ON EARTH FOR HER, SHE MIGHT AS WELL BE A MARTIAN…A MARTIANETTE. FEMINISM, THE MALE GAZE, THE WATCHED WOMAN, OPPRESSION, PRIVACY, PUBLICITY: IDEOLOGIES IN THE FORM OF A FLUFFY-WHITE DUVET SURROUND HER, IS THIS BLANKET HER PRISON OR HER CLIMAX? SURREALISM AND ABSURDITY: A FILM ABOUT THE STORY OF SHE, SHE WANTS TO BE BY HERSELF, WITH HERSELF, BUT IS SHE EVER ALONE? SHE WANTS BETTER FOR HERSELF, SHE WANTS TO BE WHAT ‘HE’ ALWAYS WAS FROM BIRTH, A LAST ATTEMPT TO BECOME ‘SUBJECT’, TO LEAVE ‘OTHER’, TO LEFTOVER, TO BE SOME-JECT… BUT A LETTER OF REJECTION ARRIVES AT HER DOORSTEP, ALWAYS. RESIGNATION? REVOLUTION? WHAT NOW? HOW THE ESCAPE OF HER STATUS ♀ WITH THE OPTION OF BECOMING ♂ IS AN IMPOSSIBLE ONE? THIS IS NO QUESTION FOR THE EARTHLY REALM.