In an imagined near future, humans have lost their ability to feel, touch and smell. Deprived of physical sensations, the once human mannequins still have memories of what life was like before. As we hear their stream of consciousness through a narrated poetic text, we share the mannequins’ memories of beauty, nature and close human contact as they journey through a montage of projected images. We learn to feel what it was like to be human. The concept was conceived at the very beginning of the pandemic. With the many months of social distancing and prolonged lockdowns, the missed feelings of being human have become evermore intense.
ALEKSANDRA CZENCZEK
Graduated from Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts in France. Further completed 'Directing Series' at the National Film and Television School. Writer/Director credits include a micro-budget feature film 'Dolls Can't Cry' and four short films screened at more than 90 film festivals worldwide. 'Last Day of Summer' won Young Artist Academy Awards in Los Angeles, known as 'kiddies Oscars', Remi Award at 53rd Worldfest Houston and Afrodite Award in Rome. 'My Friend Ivor' received UNCHOSEN Award for Best Modern Slavery Film and 'Brothers' was a finalist of Sundance London Competition. Micro-short 'Remind Me Yesterday' got 2nd prize at Raindance One Minute Competition. Has been also working as VFX Artist /Supervisor on film and high-end TV drama series for Netflix, HBO and BBC. In 2011, with her team, she won Emmy Award for Outstanding Visual Effects and has been further nominated for an Emmy in 2016 & 2017. Recently selected for Directors UK Mentoring scheme with 'Killing Eve' director Miranda Bowen as well as BFI Network x BAFTA Crew 2021.
MAGDA KOWALCZYK
Graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz as a Director of Photography in 2010, as well as the prestigious documentary course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Based in London since 2013, she has been working as a cinematographer in documentaries, narrative film, and TV. During her career she has worked on numerous international film projects, shooting among others in United Kingdom, Poland, France, United States and Israel. In the last few years the films Magda has worked on won numerous awards at international film festivals. Recently, she has completed the shooting of a documentary film with the Oscar and BAFTA winning film director, Andrea Arnold that has been selected for Cannes Film Festival 2021. After gaining experience as a Director of Photography over various projects for different directors she started shooting her own artistic films about 4 years ago.
