Total Runtime: 37min 47s
Content Warnings:
- Life In The Shadowlands: Discussion of chronic illness, isolation, medical gaslighting, misogyny, prejudice against LGBTQIA+ folks, AIDS; Mention of drug use, teenage alcoholism, sexual situations, and suicidal ideation; Flashing lights
- Living With It: Flashing images; Discussion of chronic illness
- Be A Doll: Discussion of objectification
- "Waiting" by REKLAMA: Medical materials, needle pen injection, and blood
Life In The Shadowlands
An autobiographical short film about getting sick with the disabling neuroimmune illness ME/CFS, from the perspective of a young Norwegian artist living in Berlin. While being confined largely to her bed, the narrator gives insight into her journey of finding sanctuary in art and seeking purpose in life, while delving into topics of women's health, witch-hunts, queerness and otherness.
Artist Bio: Sunniva Innstrand (she/her) is an interdisciplinary Norwegian artist based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin from 2019, and has been living with the disabling neuroimmune illness ME/CFS since 2018. @sunnivainnstrand sunnivainnstrand.com
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryGermany
- GenreVideo Art, Autobiographical, Video Essay
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningDiscussion of chronic illness, isolation, medical gaslighting, misogyny, prejudice against LGBTQIA+ folks, AIDS; Mention of drug use, teenage alcoholism, sexual situations, and suicidal ideation; Flashing lights
- DirectorSunniva Innstrand
- ScreenwriterSunniva Innstrand
- ProducerSunniva Innstrand
- CastSunniva Innstrand
Total Runtime: 37min 47s
Content Warnings:
- Life In The Shadowlands: Discussion of chronic illness, isolation, medical gaslighting, misogyny, prejudice against LGBTQIA+ folks, AIDS; Mention of drug use, teenage alcoholism, sexual situations, and suicidal ideation; Flashing lights
- Living With It: Flashing images; Discussion of chronic illness
- Be A Doll: Discussion of objectification
- "Waiting" by REKLAMA: Medical materials, needle pen injection, and blood
Life In The Shadowlands
An autobiographical short film about getting sick with the disabling neuroimmune illness ME/CFS, from the perspective of a young Norwegian artist living in Berlin. While being confined largely to her bed, the narrator gives insight into her journey of finding sanctuary in art and seeking purpose in life, while delving into topics of women's health, witch-hunts, queerness and otherness.
Artist Bio: Sunniva Innstrand (she/her) is an interdisciplinary Norwegian artist based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin from 2019, and has been living with the disabling neuroimmune illness ME/CFS since 2018. @sunnivainnstrand sunnivainnstrand.com
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryGermany
- GenreVideo Art, Autobiographical, Video Essay
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningDiscussion of chronic illness, isolation, medical gaslighting, misogyny, prejudice against LGBTQIA+ folks, AIDS; Mention of drug use, teenage alcoholism, sexual situations, and suicidal ideation; Flashing lights
- DirectorSunniva Innstrand
- ScreenwriterSunniva Innstrand
- ProducerSunniva Innstrand
- CastSunniva Innstrand
