
Over26shortepisodes,theFrenchlanguagedocumentary(seriesandfeaturefilm),Roomofshadows,proposesanovelwayofdepictingarthistory.Playingwithnarrativeandvisualregisters,itwillblendessayandfiction.Inthefictionalstory,awomanlivesaloneinasecludedroom,observingtheworldoutsidethroughawindow.Screams,explosions,andthesoundofhelicoptersdisturbwhatappearstobeawartimerefuge.Overthreedaysandsleeplessnights,theroombecomesmoreofaprisonthanasafehaven.Violencebreaksin.Thewomanisnolongersafe.Shethinksoutloud,rememberingphotos,films,paintings,andbooksthatoffersolaceduringherconfinementandconstitutethedocumentaryelementofRoomofshadows.Eachmonologueevokesartworksthatshookupthesocialorder,contributedtoindividualfreedoms,exploredthestruggleforhumanrights,ordenouncedtheideologicalmanipulationofimages.Gradually,shecomposesapersonaljourneythroughthehistoryofartandcinema,encouragingviewerstoquestionthepowerofimages.Thesethemesresonatewithhersituationandthethreatofviolenceoutside.

