La mecánica de los fluidos

Gala Hernández López

Un impulso colectivo Spain, France 38 min Catalan premiere Documentary

Synopsis

In 2018, an incel posted a suicide note on Reddit entitled “America is responsible for my death”. The Mechanics of Fluids is an attempt to find answers to his words. The film is a virtual drift through the Internet in search of his digital traces that ends up being an inner journey between two connected solitudes.

Presented by the director

Themes

Spanish CinemaFrench CinemaFemale DirectorDocumentaryFeminismYouth

Filmmaker

Gala Hernández López

She is an artist-researcher based between Paris and Berlin. Her work articulates interdisciplinary research with the production of essay films on subjectifications and digital capitalism, approaching from a feminist, poetic and critical prism. After releasing her mid-length film The Mechanics of Fluids, she is working on her second short film, about cryptocurrencies and masculinity.

Filmography: The Mechanics of Fluids (mid-length film, 2022, D'A 2023), Naturaleza muerta (short film, 2016)

Gala Hernández López

Film information

Int. title: The Mechanics of Fluids
Original Title: La mécanique des fluides
Director: Gala Hernández López
Script: Gala Hernández López
Contact: Gala Hernández López
Country: Spain, France
Year: 2022
Format: Digital
Length: 38 min
Language: French, English
Subtitles: Spanish

Awards

SEMINCI FILM FESTIVAL
Best Short Film of the Tiempo de Historia selection

Poster

La mecánica de los fluidos