Baltic Cinema: Fantaisie

Baltic Cinema: Fantaisie

Fri 13 february | 18:30 

£6 Full price / £4 Students, under 18s, unwaged and 65+

Isabel Pagliai’s first feature extracts something thrillingly inscrutable, even transcendental, out of what should be the mundanity of the everyday, of solitude. 

Reminiscent of the lone protagonist in Claire-Louise Bennett’s book Pond, Louise folds together the unremarkable and the existential, moving from a detached assessment of her fears and desires to an emotional intimacy which lays bare her most vulnerable thoughts.

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid for them or for myself. I'm afraid of them or of myself. I'm afraid of them inside me. I don't know because I'm a plant, and plants don't reflect on themselves."

Fantaisie has yet to receive a distribution deal in this country, received its UK premiere at the ICA in November. This is the only chance to see it that we know of outside of London.

‘Reminiscent of a dark fairytale, Isabel Pagliai’s feature debut conjures a multitude of thresholds, lingering somewhere between documentary and fiction, dream and reality … Pagliai’s visual style is thrillingly eclectic.’ 

— Phuong Le, The Guardian

Doors open 18:30; Film starts 18:45. Pop-up cinema bar open from 18.00 for drinks.

Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.