Sensate Films

Taken was the first of three films produced by Sensate Films in response to the prompt for this year’s Petra Joy Awards Short Film Competition, the theme for which was ‘female fantasy’. We asked three women whose erotic expressions we deeply admire to each compose a short piece of writing about an erotic theme current for them at the time. This fairly open point of departure led to the creation of three very unique sets of imagery and text and three unique processes of filmmaking. Taken by Viva explores an abduction fantasy in a raw, honest, and incredibly empowered way.