Filmmaker Statement

This film conveys a character's experience of trauma and her unusual attempts to overcome it. No two journeys towards healing are the same, but there are common themes: countering the lingering impacts of trauma with powerful physical experiences, weaving the trauma-scarred past into an ongoing 'life story', and avoiding the trauma 'triggers' that impede recovery. A long-running theme of my films is the protagonist's attempt to seize control of how they perceive reality, how they construct their own life story, and how this affects their relationships.