pressing (2025)

While washing her hair in the kitchen sink, a woman recounts a childhood memory to a friend: watching her aunt prepare for a night out in the bathtub. This fragmented narrative explores how ordinary moments become imbued with myth through memory, examining the interplay of brevity and infinity inherent in remembering and forgetting. The film uses sensory details – like the feel of fabric against skin, the scent of fruit, and the impact of light on images – to depict the formative experience of womanhood, sexuality, and pleasure on the young mind. It considers the subtle violence embedded within these recollections.