Eyes without gaze

The film prioritizes form over explicit plot, using thriller and horror tropes to reinterpret common victim-perpetrator dynamics without reinforcing them. By focusing on the women’s search for truth rather than portraying their victimization, Eyes Without Gaze dismantles conventional power structures and reimagines how trauma can be represented on screen.

I, and many others from the crew and cast, who are predominantly FLINTA* individuals from precarious backgrounds, have experienced this type of violence. It is ingrained in our bodies and influences us every day. This kind of pain can consume you and change you into a person you don’t want to be. I wanted not only to tell this story but to build a foundation for collective healing through the act of making it. A film is not just its final product; it is also its communal production. I have witnessed many unfair conditions in filmmaking, and I wanted to prove that it can be done differently. I wanted to build a collective of care, a space where we can heal together and start telling our stories—not in a way that primarily educates outsiders, but in a way that helps us become the people we were, or could have become, if we hadn’t lived under these oppressive circumstances.
The making of this film has been a process of healing, community, rediscovery, and owning our own stories. In the final product, I believe one can also see and feel this form of healing and the reclaiming of autonomy, and this is what I want to achieve.

*FLINTA: Female, Lesbian, Intersex, Non-binary, Transgender, Agender.