Directed by Irina Tempea

Logline: In My Head is a short experimental film about the filmmaker's everyday life with multiple sclerosis.

Synopsis: In My Head is an experimental first-person short film. It deals with the multiple sclerosis that has affected the filmmaker for over eight years: "Through my magnetic resonance images, my cervical slices and jerky sounds, everyday life unfolds. Life goes on. I'm fine, I'm not so fine. "Today, this sprawling disease is the subject of a film that aims to get closer to the people who suffer from it. It aims to portray them through a lens that is close to their reality. This film-diary is part mourning, part sweetness.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details

RUNTIME: 6 Minutes
GENRE: Documentary, Experimental, Animation
PRODUCTION FORMAT: 16mm, Super 8mm
LANGUAGE: French, English
LOCATION: Quebec
TECHNIQUES: Hand Process (b&w), Hand Process (col), Animated Painting, Optically Printed
KEYWORDS: Multiple Sclerosis, Body, Women, MRI

Director's Statement: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The immune system attacks the myelin (nerve sheath) in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves, disrupting communication between the CNS and the rest of the body.

MS is unpredictable, often marked by a succession of relapses and remissions. At present, there is no cure, but treatments are available to reduce the frequency and intensity of relapses and relieve MS symptoms.

Today, Irina is tired of capacitist films.
How would you feel if you were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the first image you were shown was the one prefabricated to arouse pity?