The 10 Commandments

The short film borrows religious recognizable elements and displays some of Orthodox Christianity’s conservative beliefs to parody the patriarchal and misogynistic ideologies that religion often promotes. Women’s bodies have been objectified by both patriarchy and religions. By satirizing that phenomenon the ultimate goal is to break the stereotypes and to redefine female nature.

Vasia Abatzi (GR)
Vasia Abatzi uses video, installation, and photography, combined with animations based on video games’ aesthetics to pull the viewers out of their certainty and to place them in an alternative reality which could enhance their empathy. Her recent research is focused on the feminine expectations and the oppressive social structures that women must follow in order to be accepted by patriarchal societies. Her projects explore injustice, memory, human rights, feminism, and religion.