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The encounter of the filmmaker with other psoriasis-affected people is turned into a poetic journey that explores skin as a metaphor of belonging and belief. Worldwide 125 million people are affected by this very visible yet somehow hidden disease.
“I can’t explain to you in enough words how amazing tonight was. I can only explain it as the best film I’ve seen explaining psoriasis EVER! All of my friends said they could have watched it for hours and they feel so informed now. Thank you so much for all of our conversations that felt like therapy for me and for the film tonight. Well done on a poetic film, and for making me for once feel proud to have psoriasis - I’ve never felt so comfortable or okay to have it, until tonight. I’ve loved being a part of it.”
Francesca Allen, one of the voices in the film after the screening, London, 2018.
BROKEN SKIN (UK, 2019, 24min) is nominated for the Grierson Award 2019. It won the Learning on Screen Award 2019 (London) and the Student Shorts Award from the Ethnocineca 2019 (Vienna). The film was awarded with the Paul Watson Prize for the best audio-visual production project on MA Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths, University of London 2018.
sites.gold.ac.uk/anthropology/
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Die Filmemacherin begibt sich auf eine poetische Reise über die Oberflächen der Schuppenflechte - auch Psoriasis genannt. Dabei trifft sie auf andere betroffene Personen und schafft damit Einblicke in eine sehr sichtbare und doch versteckte Krankheit zu der weltweit 125 Millionen Menschen gehören.
Zwischen abstossenden Bilder und anziehenden Menschen erforscht BROKEN SKIN auf unkonventionelle Weise die Haut als Metapher von Entfremdung, Stärke und Glauben.
“Ich kann dir gar nicht sagen, wie wundervoll heute Abend war. Das ist der beste Film ist, den ich je zum Thema Schuppenflechte gesehen habe. Alle meine Freunde sagten, sie hätten noch stundenlang weiterschauen können. Danke für die Gespräche mit dir, die sich wie eine Therapie angefühlt haben und für die heutige Vorstellung. Du hast einen poetischen Film geschaffen, der es mir erlaubt - wenigstens einmal - stolz zu sein, dass ich diese Krankheit habe. Ich habe mich damit nie wohl gefühlt, ausser heute Abend. Es ist toll, dass ich ein Teil davon war.” Francesca Allen, eine der Stimmen im Film nach der Premiere in London, 2018.
Hier zwei Interviews, wie der Film entstanden ist:
The talent manager, publiziert am 11/11/2019:
thetalentmanager.com/blog/322/grierson-nominees-2019-broken-skin
Anthropology blog of Goldsmiths University, publiziert am 8/10/19:
sites.gold.ac.uk/anthropology/
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Screenings / Filmvorführungen:
22/03/19 World Film Festival, Tartu, Estonia
25/04/19 Learning on Screen, London, UK
27/04/19 Rigas Pasaules Filmu, Riga, Latvia
10/05/19 Exhibition: You don’t deserve to be an artist, London, UK
25/05/19 Ethnocineca Vienna, Austria
13/07/19 TsakBam Festival, Aegina, Greece
05/10/19 Kino Toni, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK, Switzerland
17/10/19 Astra Film Festival, Sibiu, Romania
10/11/19 Panorama of the European Film, Cairo, Egypt
14/11/19 Grierson Award Ceremony, London, UK
19/11/19 Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
02/12/19 Athens Ethnographic Film Festival, Athens, Greece
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“I asked myself where did I catch
the killer itch I couldn’t scratch.
I called every doctor I could call
but it did no good at all‘cos Baby you can’t buy a kisswhen you’ve got psoriasis.
You all know the shape I’m in
living life with broken skin.
I’ve felt the pain and I’ve read the book
but I guess you don’t want to take a look.
So I thought that I would come to see
Lidija’s film about people like me.”
Lyrics from the credit song BROKEN SKIN composed and performed by Simon Williams.
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A note from me, the director of the film:
"I like to approach topics that are personal and potentially painful. As a psoriasis sufferer myself I found myself in an intriguing exchange between people that face a similar situation: what if your skin turns against you? Through an anthropological lens l explored other peoples’ experiences. This process created a beautiful sense of community. It makes me very proud that BROKEN SKIN is nominated for the prestigious Grierson Award. I believe that visual anthropology provides unique and creative methods to explore such an irritating disease like psoriasis."
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BROKEN SKIN (UK, 2019, 24min)
Technical Specs / Technische Angaben
Language: Englisch
Subtitles: English available
Sound: Stereo / 5.1
Color / 16:9 / HD
