Mes Moi
2026 · 2m
Directed by Teo Carreras
Genres: drama, experimental
Tones: contemplative, tender
Every morning, a woman prepares before her bathroom mirror, guided by beauty injunctions and notifications reminding her what she should fix; as the pressure intensifies she stops, removes her makeup and learns to see herself differently, realising the harshest gaze was her own.
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The scouts
The mirror-as-tyrant premise feels a little on-the-nose for experimental work—self-acceptance narratives are having a moment, and this one doesn't quite subvert the form enough to justify the earnestness.
Carreras situates this squarely in the lineage of feminist durational cinema and mirror-stage theory, with formal restraint that recalls early Chantal Akerman; the editing around the makeup removal carries real conceptual weight.
That moment when she stops following the notifications and simply looks—the decision to hold the mirror still instead of cutting away—is what transforms a PSA into something that actually lives in the body.