WRoNGHEADED film is a direct response to the on-going call for the repeal of the 8th amendment in the Irish Constitution – an amendment that introduced a constitutional ban on abortion in 1983. Intense physicality in confined spaces and abstract poetic narratives portray a deep sense of desperation, struggle, loss and unrest. WRoNGHEADED was commissioned by and made in collaboration with Liz Roche Company.

Fierce physicality and restless poetry intertwine in a film that highlights the current debate in Irish Society around choices available to women regarding their bodies.

Year: 2016
Country: Ireland
Running time: 10 mins
Director: Mary Wycherley
Choreographer: Liz Roche
Poetry: Elaine Feeney
Performers: Justine Cooper, Sarah Cerneaux
Producer : Zlata Filipović
Director of Photography: Eleanor Bowman
Composer: Ray Harman
Funding: The Arts Council of Ireland
Screenings:

Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Source Theatre, Tipperary
Dance Limerick
Athens Video Dance Festival
Tocht Dance Festival, Siamsa Tire
Underwire Festival, London
Bucharest dancefilm festival, Romania
Dingle Film Festival, Kerry (Award Winning Film)
American Dance Festival, North Carolina
Loikka Festival, Helsinki
Festival Internacional VideoDanzaBA, Buenos Aires
Wycherley’s art house cinematography opens up interpretative possibilities beyond the words and dance alone.
THE ARTS REVIEW, CHRIS O’ ROURKE
Wycherley’s film has great symbolic power, especially her image of the rocks placed in ice, signifying something taking hold, a running out of time.
THE REVIEWS HUB, EPPIE CLAFFEY