REFLET
2026 · 2m
Directed by Farrah Gamra
Genres: dark comedy, drama, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
As Anna gets ready for a night out with friends, she notices a small redness on her cheek; trivial in others' eyes but not in hers, it turns her evening into a nightmare — one that may be the reflection of her whole life, and that of other women.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A two-minute film about a pimple that becomes an existential horror—it's either genius or insufferable, and Gamra commits hard enough to the bit that it actually lands as sharp social commentary on female anxiety, which is exactly the kind of premise that makes people uncomfortable in the best way.
Gamra situates this squarely in the lineage of body-horror surrealism and feminist cinema, with editing rhythms that echo Švankmajer's formal precision; the restraint of the runtime and the escalation from intimate crisis to collective nightmare shows real command of narrative architecture.
The hinge moment is the shift from subjective close-up (the redness consuming the frame) to wide shot of a crowd of women bearing the same mark—one editing decision that transforms a personal neurosis into systemic indictment, and it's pulled off with such economy that it feels inevitable.