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Heartfelt thanks to the "International Critics’ Awards" and WILD FILMMAKER for honoring "The Rorschach Test" with awards for BEST ARTHOUSE DIRECTOR & BEST ORIGINAL IDEA.
It is truly an honor.
I am incredibly proud and grateful. My sincere thanks go to the jury and everyone involved.
A special thanks to Michele Diomà , Valentina Lumi , and the entire Wild Filmmaker team for your unwavering commitment to supporting filmmakers and artists worldwide.
A special and warm thank you to Conny Malmqvist for the evocative music in the film, and to Ebba Melber for her compelling performance as an actress. Your contributions have been invaluable.
I extend my deepest appreciation to all of you who helped bring this project to life.
"The Rorschach Test by Lena Mattsson
The Rorschach Test is a short film about life. The film's title alludes to the psychological test, consisting of a series of symmetrically shaped ink blots, which a test subject must interpret. As spectators, we are faced with some sequences with a young woman looking at us, looking away, moving in an overgrown garden, lifting an umbrella, moving on a roof, sometimes smiling, sometimes worried, all the while bathed in strong sunlight in a lighting that is enhanced by the beautiful and sharp black and white photo. The film allows us as spectators to oscillate between being patient and observer. What are we seeing? Does it have to do with drawing the line between healthy and sick? Does it have to do with ourselves? What is really going on with the woman on the roof? What is she looking at? Who is watching her? What has happened? What will happen now? As always, Lena Mattsson lets the decisive action take place elsewhere, outside the image, as always, she asks herself if the answer is in the eye of the beholder".
Text Lars Gustaf Andersson.
Lars Gustaf Andersson is Professor at Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University, Sweden. Areas of research include experimental film, Swedish film history, immigrant filmmaking, minor cinema and artistic research.
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Best regards,
Lena Mattsson
