What happens when we stop explaining ourselves? When taking up space needs no apology – and disruption becomes a possibility? 

MOTHER MORPHINE moves between short film and music video, focusing on female identity as an ongoing dialogue between generations. Inspired by artists such as Nina Hagen, Arca and Björk, the film integrates designed alter ego blurring the line between persona and person.

The beginning of this project was marked by the personal experience, that women often persist socially accepted behavioural patterns without questioning them – precisely because conformity, restraint, and “functioning" continue to be rewarded. Expectations pressure into shrinking physical presence, tempering the voice and prioritizing others by suppressing own desires. MOTHER MORPHINE explores the space, where these patterns start to fracture – in the center five women, aged between 20 and 70, who meet in Vienna’s schikaneder Kultkino & Bar, a historic cinema space. The location becomes the stage for a fever-dreamlike reality, where individual rituals between indulgence and control emerge.

Premiere 25th of April 2026 at schikaneder Kultkino & Bar, Vienna 

Direction, Concept, Choreography: Ida Osten
Camera, Edit: Arthur Pleesz, Nikolas Rode
Cast: Joy Ogboi, Katharina Meves, Hanna Schaar, Meret Barz, Andrea Walenta
Costume: Nyx Céleste Ferrand
HMUA: Vladislava Kuklenko
Sound Design, Music: David Reidl, Florentina Satu Ebenbauer
Graphic Design: Enno Osten
Management, Assistance: Nora Malin Lungstraß, Jakob Fink

Partly funded by Cash for Culture
Filmed at schikaneder Kultkino & Bar, Vienna