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The Big Bloom Drop (Death by Selfie)

Lisa Birke
Canada, 2025, 10 min.

In English with English subtitles.

A contemporary parody that stages the death of an of aging subject through the infinity mirror of social media tropes.

Director's Statement

I am fascinated by how identity is formed through mimicry, memes, and mirroring on social media. This experimental film is an exaggerated reflection of how the obsessive representing of self are enacted in this space, as well as parodying the irrelevancy of an aging female subject in popular media in general. After all, my all-knowing algorithm is telling me to avoid aging at all costs but deep down, we know we have to resign ourselves to the inevitability of it and that in the end, all efforts are futile.

Category: Experimental, Festival Alum, Short.
Themes: Aging.

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