An observational reflection on the body and existing in one’s social as well as physical “skin”. “To break out of their traumas and the ingrained ideas of normality and the fictional ideal of femininity, and to make their bodies truly their own – this is the goal of two young women who use their bodies as a tool of protest and a work of art,” writes the filmmaker.

Alise Zariņa, one of the most prominent filmmakers and writers of opinion articles of her generation, continues to explore both the body’s social connections to society and our “inherited responsibilities”. Last year Zariņa’s short film II Lines (2020) – about women’s experiences with abortion – won the Jury Prize in the SHORT RIGA National Competition.