Oscilloscope Laboratories debuted the official trailer for Piaffe, the first feature from award winning visual artist and filmmaker Ann Oren. Shot on lush 16mm, the film is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice and stars Simone Bucio, Simon(e), Jaikiriuma Paetau along with Sebastian Rudolph
Release Date
Directed by Ann Oren, Piaffe world premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2022 and opens in New York on August 25th at The Quad Cinema, followed by Los Angeles on September 15th at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre.
Synopsis
Introverted and unqualified, Eva (Simone Bucio) is unexpectedly tasked with foleying the sound for a commercial featuring a horse. As she slowly acclimates to the new job, her obsession with creating the perfect equine sounds grows into something more tangible. Eva harnesses this new physicality, becoming more confident and empowered, and lures an unassuming botanist into an intriguing game of submission.
Reviews
IndieWire’s review gave the film an A- writing, “Piaffe is a celebration of kink, queerness, and the pleasures of unfurling like a fern into your final form.”
“Piaffe plants seeds on a rich seam of subjects — from gender and sexuality, to nature and control — without synthesising them in an easy-to-read ending. It is the kind of film that demands to be seen and written about by a wide variety of people, for it is unlikely that any two people will come away feeling like they watched the same picture.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for Piaffe.
Born in Tel Aviv, Ann Oren is a visual artist and filmmaker. She studied Film (BA) and Fine Arts (MA) at The School of Visual Arts, NY. Her artworks have been presented in institutions including The Moscow Biennial for Young Art, The Hammer Museum, The Tel-Aviv Museum, Anthology Film Archives, Apexart, and KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst. After moving to Berlin in 2015, her artistic focus started to shift from video art and installations to cinema. She directed PASSAGE in 2020, a 16mm short film that serves as a prequel to PIAFFE, which premiered in Oberhausen Short Film Festival, and won many awards including Best Experimental Short at Slamdance.