Short of the Week – Fashionable Animal

It’s gorgeous; its gently flickering lights, exotic creatures and muted pinks, blues and greens move with the playful soundtrack. As a glorified advert it’s a wonderful little film: experimental, fascinating, a little strange and brave. It asks you to really listen to these creatures talk, to go with an idea which might seem strange but is common to all its interviewees.

It’s a simultaneous look into the power and objectification of female bodies; the woman as animal, but also as an animal of her choosing. Intentionally or not, it really talks about the way our imagination doesn’t match up with the limitation of our bodies.

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INFORMATION

CAST: Unknown, various models

DIRECTOR: Gigi Ben Artzi

MODEL’S TEXT SCRIPT: Vlada Cox

CREATIVE PRODUCER: Pavel Buryak

SYNOPSIS: Elle Sasson models discuss the animal they would want to be, and the animal they feel inside.