Paradaïz

Buckle up. We have begun our descent into Paradaïz.  

Welcome to a place where the houses have holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs and snails wander the streets in search of a safe space. In her short-film debut, Winnipeg-based artist Matea Radic uses hand-drawn animation, family photos, a wry sense of humour and her own slippery memories to return to the war-torn city of Sarajevo she fled as a child in the ’90s. There, in between chain-smoking cigarettes and watching old absurdist TV commercials, her heroine explores the home she left—or what’s left of it. Along the way, she subverts expectations about what healing looks like, engaging in a surreal game of hide-and-seek with her surroundings.