Jameela Elfaki, NOWNESS, “Flux”

Untethered, instinctive, and emotionally raw. A solitary figure dances like no one is watching. Performed by dancer and movement director Oona Landgrebe, the film blends expressive, free-flowing movement with delicate traces of ballet, shifting between abandon and restraint.

Shot on Super 8 by Jameela Elfaki and filmed between Gibney Studios and a rooftop in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, the piece captures an intimate portrait of emotional release against the backdrop of a fractured modern world. Created during a period in which Elfaki felt a deep need to creatively express and process her own inner turmoil. Through movement, the film explores the tension between inner grief and societal conformity reflecting the quiet exhaustion, disconnection, and emotional weight of contemporary society.

Accompanied by Lauren Duffus’ track “Habits,” the film drifts through a building soundscape where synthetic and organic textures blur together. Created during a period in which music became an unconscious outlet for processing grief, Duffus’ off-kilter sonic world mirrors the film’s emotional undercurrent suspended somewhere between vulnerability, isolation, and catharsis.