Audrey Benac lives alone in Paris after having moved there to tend to the home of her recently deceased friend, Juliane. Moving through the days without any clear motivation or sense of purpose, she tries to re-establish her footing in the world by beginning video corre- spondences with two filmmakers: Burak, who lives in Istanbul, and Blake, who lives in Toronto. This exchange of words and footage initiates a healing process, but the nature of the interaction is not what it seems.
A Woman Escapes
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“A Woman Escapes sets out a trajectory that seems to turn cinema into a manifesto for healing.”
“A Woman Escapes sets out a trajectory that seems to turn cinema into a manifesto for healing.”
Sofia Bohdanowicz, Burak Çevik, and Blake Williams
Biography Sofia Bohdanowicz
Sofia Bohdanowicz is a Canadian filmmaker. Her experimental shorts and narrative features have screened internationally, including venues such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno Festival, New York Film Festival, the Berlinale, and the Harvard Film Archive. She is the recipient of the Jay Scott Prize (2017) and was recently named as one of “The 22 Most Influential People in Canadian Film” in the Globe and Mail. She is currently in development on her fifth feature film titled Opus 28.
Biography Burak Çevik
Burak Çevik is a filmmaker based in Istanbul. He also founded Fol Cinema Society, curated experimental and arthouse film screenings, and was a lecturer on Non-Fiction at Istanbul Bilgi University be- tween 2018 and 2020. His films The Pillar of Salt and Belonging premiered at Berlinale Forum in 2018 and 2019, respectively. His video works have screened at various festivals, such as Locarno Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and New York Film Festival.
Biography Blake Williams
Blake Williams is Toronto-based artist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of the production company BlueMagenta Films, and con- tributes criticism to the Canadian film publication Cinema Scope magazine. His shorts, features, and installations have been exhibited internationally, including venues such as the Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Locarno Festival, JEONJU International Film Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Combined filmography
- A Woman Escapes – 2022 – 81’
