MYSTICAL MOVIE
dir. Irina Jasnowski Pascual, 2021
80 mins. United States/France.
No dialogue / English captions.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 7 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY! FILMMAKERS IN PERSON for Q&A moderated by film critic/programmer Steve MacfarIane
(This event is $10.)
Existing somewhere between documentation of an event and stretching into a narrative skin, MYSTICAL MOVIE is set simultaneously on Mannahatta island of the 1500s, present-day Manhattan, Lake Geneva in the early 18th century and an undisclosed location in non-time. It tracks a peasant’s plight as they navigate frequencies of pain and ecstasy, bound between sonic dimensions. Despite there being no dialogue, the transmission of sound is the protagonist.
IRINA JANOWSKI PASCUAL received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2017. Her sculptural studio practice extends into video and performance. MYSTICAL MOVIE is her first feature length film, it premiered at Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp, Belgium) September 2021.