THE HAPPY RESORT
Healthier! More efficient! More balanced!
In today’s society, self-improvement has crept to center stage. The constant drive to optimize the self haunts us daily, making our self a constant "work in progress." This social pressure to perform has given rise to a huge industry dedicated to our permanent self-improvement with its products, services and mindfulness mantras, generating millions of dollars in revenue. These systems locate the problems of our day in our minds rather than in the big picture.
Where does our drive for the "best self" come from?
And why do we trust a profit-driven self-care industry when it claims it can provide us with this "best self"?
Director: Lotta Mayerle
Germany, 2022
5:10 min
education
2018 – 2022
Communicationdesign
Bachelor of Arts
THWS, Technische Hochschule
Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Faculty Design
RE-THINKING IDENTITY
Movies
FAMILIAR STRANGER
Sara's grandfather has left a void in her family. Who is Kamran Taan? The filmmaker sets off in search of clues and travels to La Spezia - the coastal city where he is said to have lived. What does kinship mean when you've never met? Unexpected events and revelations gradually form a narrative. A road movie about family and identity....
AN AVOCADO PIT
Larissa, a trans woman and Cláudio, a cis man, meet one night, in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. In challenge, in surprise, in awe and in recognition. An empowering story, free from violence and filled with light and hope for the better days yet to come....
THE HAPPY RESORT
„Welcome to the Happy-Resort. Where happiness is just one footstep away.” You're unhappy, lazy or unproductive? Don’t worry, we’re here to help! Visit our institution and let our scientifically proofed algorithms and individual treatments get the best out of you! Because only the best is good enough. Join our Happiness-Family and start your optimization-journey today. It’s fun!“...
TRIA
In a dystopian Rome, a law is enforced which doesn’t allow immigrant families to have more than three children. If a fourth is to be expected, he or she must be born, however, one of them must then be killed, giving the females priority for sacrifice. Zoe, Iris and Clio are three sisters, but one of them will soon be killed…...
COURAGE
Two women find the courage to break free from a life of despair....
FINDING HOME
The personal story of Antonia Jardenia da Silva from Brazil: a climate refugee forced to move from her home village to the big city in order to take care of her newborn baby as it struggles with microcephaly....
DEAR PASSENGERS
A lonely traveler embarks on a journey to find relief for a hidden yearning. Her restless longing spreads around and forces fellow passengers to face their own desires and disappointments....