Prête
2026 · 2m
Directed by Cathy Mouaha
Genres: drama, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, dark
She is ready for her job interview. Almost. Each detail she corrects erases far more than a simple imperfection.
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A two-minute surrealist logic puzzle about self-sabotage disguised as preparation—the kind of premise that shouldn't work but does, because Mouaha commits to the absurdity without winking at it.
Formally precise in its use of negative space and repetition, *Prête* echoes the structural rigor of expanded cinema while remaining emotionally legible—a careful negotiation between experimental and narrative.
The real move is how each correction becomes erasure: that editing choice—letting the frame fill with absence instead of solution—transforms a basic premise about anxiety into something genuinely unsettling and singular.