Piaffe

Shot on lush 16mm, Oscilloscope Laboratories presents Piaffe, a visceral journey into control, gender and artifice. Introverted and unqualified, Eva is unexpectedly tasked with foleying the sound for a commercial featuring a horse. As she slowly acclimated to the new job, her obsession with creating the perfect equine sounds grows into something more tangible. Eva harnesses this new physicality, becoming more confident and empowered, and lures an unassuming botanist into an intriguing game of submission.
German with English subtitles, English.

Calgary International Film Festival: Best International Feature award winner!
Chicago International Film Festival: New Directors Competition award winner!
Taipei Film Festival: Grand Prize award winner!

“thrilling…unequivocally impressive” (IndieWire)

“a thrillingly indefinable achievement that demands your attention and, at the bare minimum, your respect. This is about as radical and forward-thinking as contemporary cinema gets.” (In Review)

“a strikingly coherent work driven by profound integrity…Original and wholly captivating…make no mistake: Ann Oren is a filmmaker to watch” (Alliance of Women Film Journalists)

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