JEZEBEL

JEZEBEL is a short hybrid dance film about a woman torn between two sides of herself, her pull towards a car that stands for the ultimate alpha male, and her own will to take the wheel.

2021, 6 min
Hybrid dance film, Amsterdam

Best Dance Film, Paris Play Film Festival
Best Experimental Film, Florence Film Awards
Best Director, Grand New York Film Awards
Best Videography, Aalchemy Film Festival

Official Selection, Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest
Official Selection, WSXA Amsterdam International Awards
Official Selection and nominated for Best Short Film, New Creators Film Awards and Brazil New Visions Film Fest

Writer, Director, Producer & Editor: Marta Lillioja
Performer: Isabelle Nelson
Director of Photography: Jasper de Kloet
Music & Sound Design: Omar Medina and Eric Junker

A woman wakes up in the back seat of a car, with no idea how she got there. The car, a stand-in for the ultimate alpha male, pulls her into a shifting game of dominance and submission, while fragments of her past slowly surface. Trapped in the back seat, she finally makes her choice, climbs forward and takes the wheel. JEZEBEL uses the car as a metaphor for power, control and desire, and for the moment a woman decides to steer her own life.

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