The same sweat film

NEŽA KNEZ

Production: Studio pangolin

Completion date: 1.1.2026

Director: Neža Knez

Writer: Neža Knez

DOP: Jason Mullhausen

Editing: Neža Knez

Sound design: Ana Kovačić

Key Cast: Cecilija Žibert

Supported by: Croatian Audiovisual Centre HAVC

The film is based on years of research of the author's ancestral topography that ties her with her family history, memories and land. The need to reflect on the identity and history of the landscape alongside the relationships that unfold on the ground is shown through three main protagonists: the author, the space itself, and the author's aunt (the former owner of the space), with whom she exchanges letters. Through the writings, we observe moments that unfold somewhere in between—between emergence, existence, and disappearance.

The reality we see and experience is repeatedly questioned by inspecting and processing elements and interactions the author finds herself in as well as "artificially" constructs. The author tracks the material transformations of the landscape as well as the transmutation and physicality of the film stills and footage. The work emphasizes human traces and interferences in these materialities and questions their coexistence.

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