do you dare to show me the wound

Danila Lipatov

do you dare to show me the wound

found footage, HD, 16:9, color, stereo, 19 min.

Sharing my personal ghosts with Hollywood actress Maria Ouspenskaya. Touched by her versatile performances of care and otherness, I revisit her roles and places of exile in Russia and the USA searching for a new sense of belonging in Maria’s queer transcultural identity.

Danila Lipatov

Born in Moscow in 1989. Graduated from the Moscow State Linguistic University with Diploma in Translation Studies. 2016-2023 studied experimental film and performance at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. His works were shown at Artdocfest, FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival, International Video Art Festival Now&After, Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Ji.hlava IDFF, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival, Rencontres Internationales Traverse, Ruhrtriennale, Sao Paulo ISFF, Videonale and Visions du Réel.