totalis

 

This award-winning experimental documentary film explores the impact that a drastic physical transformation can have on identity. 

 

Filmed sporadically over the course of a year, TOTALIS captures the story of a young man and his progression with Alopecia - a condition wherein the individual loses all body hair, often suddenly and without explanation or the knowledge of when, or if, it will ever grow back.

 

This is not merely a story about the pursuit of self-acceptance in the face of adversity, but an intimate look into the loss of identity in an increasingly image-conscious world - and how that loss can affect the intimate relationships of the person experiencing it.

 

This short was created under the wing of the Edinburgh College of Art’s FilmMedicine programme.

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AWARDS AND SCREENINGS

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In May 2021, TOTALIS was selected as the first runner-up of Bertha DocHouse's filmmaking competition "Regrowth", and it screened at Exeter's Two Short Nights Film Festival in 2022.