Short Film, 2025, 12:00min
With Melanclownia, I sought to create more than a conventional narrative; I aimed to construct a cinematic meditation that provokes questions rather than offers answers. What happens when the performance never ends? Do masks protect us or do they ultimately isolate us from ourselves and from others? This work explores the fragile boundaries between authenticity and artifice, public persona and private melancholy, using the figure of the clown as both metaphor and mirror.
Through images, movement and poetic fragments the film examines the tension between outward expression and inner silence, reflecting on the ways in which human existence itself can resemble an endless performance. From the initial writing to directing, recording and editing I developed every aspect of the project independently, allowing the process to become as intimate and revealing as the subject matter. Melanclownia is therefore not only the culmination of my academic journey but also a deeply personal artistic statement an exploration of identity, vulnerability, and the quiet spaces where laughter and sorrow converge.