of ECSTASY

A ballet short film about the relentless yearning for escapism and the intoxicating fantasy of otherworldly emotional connectivity with alternative selves and others, as a way out of the growing sense of drunkenness abound in our actual reality.

Film Details:

Director: Sam Asaert

(Belgium, 2019) 7:25

Short
Ballet

Mirror-Mirror

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