FEVER DREAM (23’’, 2025)
video, text, photographs, posters
Fever dreams are intense and unpleasant nightmares, which often leave a person feeling uneasy. Their exact source is unknown, but studies say that bodily inflammation might cause the brain to overheat, preventing it from functioning properly.
The film explores the destabilising feeling of encountering a “ghost” – something that once was and returns uninvited – and how that can derail our sense of self. Jacques Derrida, the influential Algerian-born French intellectual, speaks of a haunt as something that at once is and is not: unfixable in language, its identity is fluid. The geopolitical reality of Eastern Europe shows that ghosts are not easy to live with. What is an “in-between state” and what are the contradictions that arise from it?
Posters for the film were designed by Stefans Pavlovskis.
Starring: Ieva Estere Barkāne, Sabīne Marija Cveiģele, Kārlis Ērglis, Madara Viļčuka
Cinematography: Reinis Helmuts Aristovs
Voiceover: Ronja Herberich
Set design: Anda Skrējāne
Make-up artist: Ilona Zariņa
Sound recording: Tālivaldis Āboliņš, Maximilian Bohl, Mārtiņš Kreilis
Sound design: Pēteris Pāss
Proofread: Caitlin E. Littlewood
Graphic design: Stefans Pavlovskis
Curator: Elīna Sproģe
Written and directed by Ieva Raudsepa
