Love and Revenge
Anhar Salem
A teenage girl tries to escape her reality using an Instagram filter after coming back home late. The desire to be free by existing only as an image collapsed when she lost control over her avatar.
From a distance, Anhar casts her family and friends shooting and acting for the movie as fictionalized versions of themselves, exploring and hovering between private and public life in Saudi Arabia.
From a distance, Anhar casts her family and friends shooting and acting for the movie as fictionalized versions of themselves, exploring and hovering between private and public life in Saudi Arabia.
With : Doody, Ansam Salem
Screenplay, Editing : Anhar Salem
Image : Ansam Salem
Sound : Ludivine Pelé, Yannick Delmaire
Screenplay, Editing : Anhar Salem
Image : Ansam Salem
Sound : Ludivine Pelé, Yannick Delmaire
Production : Le Fresnoy
Distribution: Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
Distribution: Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains
Anhar was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with a multi-ethnic background (Yemeni and Indonesian) at the beginning of the nineties. As an autodidact video artist, her work attempts to explore and open new public and private spaces associated with themes such as everyday life, body, and social media.
By using her personal phone camera, she allows herself to improvise, and get involved in new forms of communication that give rise to a new twist on video as a medium.
By using her personal phone camera, she allows herself to improvise, and get involved in new forms of communication that give rise to a new twist on video as a medium.