A female director crashes Cannes and burns the patriarchy—metaphorically, then literally in her dreams.
Isabell Suba, ambitious up-and-coming director, has made it – one of her short films is in the line-up of the most important film festival of the world! When she arrives at the 65. Cannes film festival, she has face the accomplished facts: David, her incompetent producer, has kindly sublet their cosy joint apartment to other festival guests. The other bad news: There is not a single movie in the competition directed by a woman! This affirms Isabell’s qualms: The film business demands women to gear up instead of dressing up low cut! Moreover, the chauvinistic remarks of her comrade-in-arms David who feels comfortable around the clichéd gender stereotypes from the Stone Age seemingly prevalent in Cannes infuriate Isabell. As if this wasn’t enough already, a shattering feedback on her new film project by a potential investor finally causes her to doubt herself. Before she can live her dream up at the Olympus of film business, she must first find out who really believes in her.
Writing
Brutally self-aware script that eviscerates its own director.
Acting
Anne Haug's barely-contained rage is deliciously uncomfortable.
Direction
Šuba directing herself failing—meta-layer cake of humiliation.
Director
Isabell Šuba
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isabell Šuba actually did screen a short at Cannes 2012—the film is autofiction with teeth.
Released during #OscarsSoWhite precursor conversations; remains depressingly current as Cannes' female director numbers stagnate.
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