PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE
A film by Lizzy Deacon and Ika Schwander
After winning a life coaching session in a raffle at her local village hall, Helen is guided through the help she never really needed. Together with her life coach Hazel, they explore healing strategies to cope with fear, rejection and grief, raising the important question as to whom this pain really belongs to.
This film is distributed by Video Power.
Awards:
2022 The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for an Emerging Experimental Video Artist - Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor (USA)
2022 First Prize, On The Edge Competition - Zubroffka Short Film Festival, Bialystok (PL)
2023 First Prize, Short Film Competition - DIAMETRALE Film Festival, Innsbruck (AU)
Selections:
2022 WTF: Outside the Box - London Short Film Festival, London (UK)
2022 Films that are healing - Frau International Film Festival Koln/Dortmund, Koln, Dortmund (DE)
2022 Moving Bodies - Video Art Festival Turku, Turku (FI)
2022 New Point of View - European Online Competition, THIS IS SHORT (Online)
2022 Films in Competition 8 - Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor (USA)
2022 International Competition - IndieLisboa, Lisboa (PT)
2022 International Competition - ULTRACINEMA, Mexico City (MX)
2022 Experimental 1: Electrodomestic - Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Lausanne (CH)
2022 On The Edge Competition - Zubroffka Short Film Festival, Bialystok (PL)
2022 Shorts With Legs - Fantastic Film Fest, Austin (US)
2022 Let Me Know How You Feel - OMVF, Helsinki (FI)
2022 Principi Award Competition - Lago Film Festival, Revine Lago (IT)
2022 Associaçao Audio-Visual CUT, Macao (MO)
2023 Kurzfilmwettbewerb - DIAMETRALE Film Festival, Innsbruck (AU)
2023 Video Power 10 Years Program - Transitions, Maastricht (NL)
2023 Video Power Program - Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg (DE)