Following the hospitalisation of her sister Zara, the shy and introvert Eva is forced to take on a project as a Foley artist creating horse sounds for a commercial, which includes dealing with Zara’s obnoxious director. As she becomes more obsessed with the project, a horsetail starts mysteriously growing out of Eva’s body, giving her a new sense of empowerment. As the tail continues to grow so does Eva’s confidence and she uses her new-found boldness to seduce an enigmatic botanist.
Jury Prize, Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, 2023, fr
Best International Feature, Calgary International Film Festival, 2022, ca
Spirit of the Festival Award, Cork International Film Festival, 2022, ie
Junior Jury Award, Locarno International Film Festival, 2022, ch
Ann Oren
Born in Tel-Aviv and a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Ann Oren is a filmmaker and visual artist who has directed several video installations as well as short films and documentaries. Her work explores performativity and fantasy in everyday life, with characters existing in the liminal space between performers and audience, with which she investigates collective desire and legends from the history of literature, theatre and cinema.