SF ShortsRecaptcha
Winner of Best Experimental Film
Winner of Best Experimental Film
“An immersive cognitive disruption conveying trauma and the neglect of a reciprocal human response.” – F3 Film Magazine
Recaptcha US Experimental Documentary
An attempt through delayed audio to abstractly narrate the report of an inscrutable bodily assault.
An attempt through delayed audio to abstractly narrate the report of an inscrutable bodily assault.
DIRECTOR PROFILE
Heather Warren-Crow
Director Statement :
A highly personal experimental documentary about navigating impersonal bureaucracy, reCAPTCHA combines a montage of found footage with a voiceover narrating the aftermath of an assault. The filmmaker recorded her voice while listening to its echo at a slight delay, producing an effect of disorientation akin to her experience of Post-Concussion Syndrome. The text of the voiceover is a message the filmmaker sent to the Montreal police via an online contact form.
Director Profile :
Heather Warren-Crow is a filmmaker and artist based in Lubbock, Texas (USA). Her work across performance art, video art, and experimental film foregrounds the voice and plays with sound-image relations. Recent film festivals include the Barcelona Short Film and Video Festival, the Mimesis Documentary Festival, and the Oregon Documentary Film Festival, which gave reCAPTCHA a Best Experimental Micro Film Award in 2021.
Director Statement :
A highly personal experimental documentary about navigating impersonal bureaucracy, reCAPTCHA combines a montage of found footage with a voiceover narrating the aftermath of an assault. The filmmaker recorded her voice while listening to its echo at a slight delay, producing an effect of disorientation akin to her experience of Post-Concussion Syndrome. The text of the voiceover is a message the filmmaker sent to the Montreal police via an online contact form.
Director Profile :
Heather Warren-Crow is a filmmaker and artist based in Lubbock, Texas (USA). Her work across performance art, video art, and experimental film foregrounds the voice and plays with sound-image relations. Recent film festivals include the Barcelona Short Film and Video Festival, the Mimesis Documentary Festival, and the Oregon Documentary Film Festival, which gave reCAPTCHA a Best Experimental Micro Film Award in 2021.