AFTERWATER
dir. Dane Komljen, 2022
Germany/Serbia/Spain/South Korea. 93 mins.
In English, Spanish, & Serbian with English subtitles.
From the present, to the past, to the post-post-capitalist future, Dane Komljen’s AFTERWATER presents a sensorial and sensual triptych of polyamorous romance centered around the enriching power of lakes and the ecologies that emerge from them. Each tale in this anthology transitions between three distinct shooting formats, marking and complicating these tales of fluid human identities, impulsed to attune to a symbiotic grace with themselves and their environments.
“AFTERWATER, in a way, does concern itself with contemporary malaise, but the interest in lakes goes beyond simple metaphor. The film represents an effort at transcending hierarchies between humans and nature.”
— Giovanni Marchini Camia, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
Special thanks to Dane Komljen, Courtney Muller, and Square Eyes.