Kafka’s Meditation

“Kafka’s Meditation” is based on five short stories published by Franz Kafka in the early 1900’s, while he lived on the bank of the Vltava River in Prague. The stories serve as touchstones for feelings of longing, belonging, anxiety, paranoia, disorientation and ambiguous sexual identity. These conditions are explored through the lens of a person living with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour (BFRB), a categorization of mental wellness that falls within the spectrum of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Film Maker
Phelan, Jamie
Year
2026
Country
Canada
Length
16
Language
English
Category
Abstraction, Bisexual, Disability, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Poetry, sexuality, Trans*
Genre
Animation, experimental, queer, short