LUCID NIGHTMARE

  • December 1, 2024 / 17:00
  • December 11, 2024 / 17:30

Director: Vasilios Papapitsios
USA, 2024, 9', color
English with Turkish subtitles

Papapitsios describes LUCID NIGHTMARE as a “meditation on how we can(not) heal in the environments that make us sick, from the perspective of an infected neurodivergent faggot.” Combining auto-fiction with magical realism, Papapitsios humorously reimagines narratives around mental health and chronic illness.

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