‘Haruspex’ – Short film by Susannah Gent premieres at the 65th Oberhausen Short Film Festival
Susannah Gent’s short film Haruspex will premiere at the 65th Short Film Festival of Oberhausen 2019, which runs from Wednesday 01 May to Monday 06 May 2019. It is one of two films from the UK to participate in the International Competition,
Haruspex is suggestive of dark human secrets. The child makes a spirit guide that turns bad. In adulthood she understands that she is a mammal. She sees with creature’s eyes. The film employs the tropes of the uncanny to evoke a feeling of disquiet. The story is deliberately ambiguous, implicit of something that ought to remain hidden.
Still from Susannah Gent’s Haruspex
Susannah Gent is a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media Arts & Communication at Sheffield Hallam University. Find out more about her work here.
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