University of Sussex

Saddled with the grief of missing her late mother’s last phone call, Anna must choose what to do with the pregnancy that sparked their final argument.

Lucy, an aspiring artist escapes into dreamlike visions through mysterious vials. As fantasy consumes her, she must choose which world to live in.

(Dis)Appear follows Gabriel and Ana as they return to their hometown and explore what role photography can play when faced with personal and collective traumas of the past. It is a documentary about the powerful relationship between photography, memory and the forced disappearances and systematic murderer perpetrated by Argentina’s most recent civic-military dictatorship (1976-1983).