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Preoperational Model

by Philip Ullman
Netherlands, 2023, 13’10’’
Presented at the 17th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2024
Film part of VISIO – European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images 13th edizione, 2024
Anthropomorphic princess Sophie and her maid Jessica prepare for a new day in the royal court. Sophie’s struggle to play her role propels the two protagonists forward and backward in time, through worlds and identities to find a way to live together. A disempowerment story from the perspective of the powerful.
Philip Ullman (Sweden, 1992) Lives and works in Amsterdam.
Recent exhibitions and screenings include: Berlinale, Berlin; Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam; Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy; Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago; Kaboom Film Festival, Amsterdam,; Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg; Vienna Shorts, Vienna; Syncro Film Fest, Buenos Aires; Guanajuato International Film Festival, Guanajuato City; International Film Festival of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; Fest Anča, Žilina, Slovakia; Regard, Saguenay; Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, Frankfurt; 2Annas Short Fest, Riga.