Swagger 2016

Swagger is a documentary with a style yet to be put into a box; which reflects the nature and complex mosaic of expression of the eleven protagonists.

Darbareye Elly – About Elly 2009

The movie has the audacity of a freshly remembered dream, where the main event emerges suddenly, as if triggered by a strong sense of smell. The camera is directed to show the story with the insistence and perseverance of a wild life documentary, in portraying the series of events as they come and when they come. Which unveil in such a way to create a feeling of uneasiness, similar to the tension of performing simple actions like running or throwing punches while dreaming. The feeling is in part projected from the protagonists internal group dynamics or their acquired traditional impositions …

MY FIRST HIGHWAY 2016

When Freud was writing about the psychology of children, his work was highly criticised. There is one thing to be considered, he was talking from a specific age prospective, a child’s prospective, and so does My First Highway. Seemingly there is one dominating perspective which generates an archetype pattern of behaviour. It alternates the absence of strong emotions to a euphoric wilderness again and again and again. Like wild horses running on stormy waves until they realise… they cannot float nor fly and the waves transform their heartbeat into a flat line. The overall feeling of uneasiness and exaggerated euphoria is …