Dirty Care

short movie,
17:05, digital, Full HD, 2024

Director: Isa Schieche
Editor: Sophia Hochedlinger
Cat: Helen Weber
Screenplay/Text: Isa Schieche
Producer: Isa Schieche
Cinematographer: Isa Schieche
Sound recording: Isa Schieche
Sound design: Katharina Pichler
Voiceover: Helen Weber
Color correction: Susi Dollnig
3D Graphic and Animation: Tobias Schlorhaufer
Subtitles: Wortschatz Produktion, Stefania Schenk Vitale
Graphic: Sophia Hochedlinger
Music: Terz Nervosa, Sundl
Dcp: Mirjam Bromundt
Supported by: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Land Oberösterreich, Stadt Wien, Lemonade Films

“Dirty Care” is an essay film shot from first-person perspective. From martial arts training to everyday life, we follow the protagonist's point of view and a voiceover through various landscapes and tasks.
In a public toilet, above the rooftops of Vienna at sunrise, in a trailer park and in a snowy landscape, we are instructed and trained to defend ourselves against a physical attack.
“Dirty Care” describes the efforts that non-normative women have to make in order not to be exposed to patriarchal violence or to be capable of standing up to it. The film portrays scenes of empowerment, intimacy, resilience and companionship.