Unsettling Connections - Leyli Alakbarova

Unsettling Connections is a short film constructed from the memories of three women. These memories form the storyline, emerging from bodily experiences, heard stories, and made-up narratives. They are both deeply personal and universally shared.

Objects and photographs featured throughout the film are essential elements of its visual landscape, each contributing to the narrative that traces Leyli’s origins, reaching back to her Soviet childhood. These fragments serve to evoke and interrogate the layers of personal and cultural history embedded in her work.

Unsettling Connections features music from “If places were sounds” by Les Biologistes Marins.