A Hawk as Big as a Horse
ABOUT
A fairy tale hybrid where an ornithologist's relationship with Twin Peaks aesthetic raptures into cinematic reveries. These dreams lead to Lydia’s new obsession with recreating a life-size silicone doll of her favorite actor. Meanwhile, reflexive interludes between director and protagonists sink deep into metaphors of existentialism. The door opens for audiences to enter into these processes of creation, a third space for collective dreamings.
Sasha Kulak is a multi-award winning director and cinematographer who's view focuses on the thin layers of reality invisible to the human eye. Born in Vitebsk, Belarus, her films have taken her to communities all over the world whether it be the Mexican mennonites ("Salamanca", 2015, 41’), an abandoned mining town in the USA ("Quicksilver Chronicles", 2019, 75’) or the Belarusian protests of 2020 ("Mara", 2022, 61’). Her latest film “A hawk as big as a horse”, 77’ made in collaboration with Arte La Lucarne, won a special mention at Dok Leipzig in 2022.