Reflective Encounters

“An exploratory experimental film that attempts to visualise the complexity of coming to terms with the duality of homosexuality and the all-encompassing totality of religious belief. When the body feels only warmth and love but the mind has been told to repel such feelings, we are left with aching feelings of resentment and shame. The tentative touch, the application of juxtaposing material and techniques present in this film portray the uncomfortable back and forth of religious inquiry and self-reflective soul searching through fleeting embraces, emotional charges and a slowing down of the emotive power of connection and all-encompassing power of divine love.

The shadowy unknowing of what constitutes a right from a wrong is symbolically displayed through the continued use of grey in the film. The image of the figure representing religious iconography of stigmata is a call to religious zealousness; if he died for your sins then you should be able to make sacrifices for him, even if that means turning away from your true self. The mounting tension is thwarted with the ethereal image of the dancing circle, full of colour and light, offering an alternative way of living for those who frolic within the chasm of uncertainty.”

— Laura-Beth Cowley