夢中人：謝林納沙特短片三部曲 (M+ Cinema Programmes)

'Shirin Neshat's semi-autobiographical 'Dreamers' trilogy comprises three short films inspired by the artist's recurring dreams. Rendered in striking black-and-white, each instalment features a young female protagonist located in a natural landscape, oscillating between dream and reality, sanity and madness. Often unsettling, each film invites the viewer on a strange journey into Neshat's psyche, where the subjectivity of memory, the power of the imagination, and the fluidity of identity converge. The trilogy also gestures to Neshat's experience as an Iranian woman navigating cultural displacement in the United States, while indirectly addressing ideas of gender, power, and protest. The screening of three short films will be followed by a post-screening talk by Shirin Neshat, via video call, held in English and moderated by M+ Curator of Moving Image, Ulanda Blair. Illusions & Mirrors 2013 | Digital | No dialogue | 13 min. 22 sec. 'Illusion & Mirrors' centres on a woman, portrayed by actress Natalie Portman, who negotiates blurring identities, uncanny doubles, and other unnerving encounters in a seaside landscape and manor. Roja 2016 | Digital | English dialogue, no subtitles | 15 min. 20 sec. 'Roja' opens with a theatrical performance in which a male actor berates and threatens a young Iranian woman in the audience. She flees the theatre, entering a seemingly inescapable cycle of confrontation and evasion with a mysterious mother figure. Sarah 2016 | Digital | No dialogue | 12 min. 55 sec. 'Sarah' follows a young Iranian woman in a forest, as she experiences a series of mysterious visions—from a squadron of chanting soldiers to a troupe of veiled women—that seem to emanate from her own psyche. 謝林納沙特半自傳式的「夢中人」短片三部曲，靈感源自藝術家本人反覆做的夢。三部作品皆以黑白攝影呈現，片中的年輕女主角身處自然景觀之中，在夢境與現實、理智與瘋狂之間徘徊不定。這些作品往往令人不安，觀者彷彿體驗到納沙特奇異的內心世界，當中可見記憶的主觀、想像的力量，與身分的流動互相交織。三部曲同時反映了納沙特作為伊朗女性在美國應付文化身分流離的經驗，並間接觸及性別、權力和抗爭的議題。 放映設映後談，謝林納沙特將透過視像形式與觀眾連線，並由M+流動影像策展人貝若蘭主持，以英語進行。 幻象與鏡 2013 | 數碼 | 無對白 | 13分22秒 《幻象與鏡》跟隨一個由妮坦莉寶雯飾演的女子，遊走在海邊和莊園宅第之間，其中充斥着模糊的身分、詭異的分身和令人不安的遭遇。 羅亞 2016 | 數碼 | 英語，無字幕 | 15分20秒 《羅亞》以一場戲劇表演開始，劇中的男性演員怒斥觀眾席上一位年輕伊朗女子。她逃離劇院後，迎來一個神秘的母親形象角色，使她陷入了對峙和逃避的無休止循環之中。 莎拉 2016 | 數碼 | 無對白 | 12分55秒 《莎拉》拍攝一個年輕伊朗女人在森林中穿梭，她遇見了連串神祕幻象：從吟唱的士兵隊伍到一群蒙面的女人，一切彷彿源自她心靈深處。