moving image



THE DRIVE (2026)
(Originally directed by Hollie Warner; re-edited into a new narrative.)



THE DRIVE comes from a desire to explore confrontation as an intimate and internal process, a moment in which the individual encounters themselves without distraction. The work developed through an interest in what happens when the external world is reduced, allowing a space for a more direct and unmediated form of reflection.

The landscape plays a central role in this process. The mountains, the wind and the horizon are not simply a backdrop, but active presences that shape perception and emotional experience. Within this environment, the act of moving through space becomes a way of thinking, a physical translation of an inner condition.

I was particularly interested in working with time as something unstable, stretched and recursive, rather than linear. Through image and sound, the film attempts to create a suspended state in which moments echo and repeat, allowing subtle shifts to emerge.

THE DRIVE does not seek resolution. Instead, it approaches transformation as something quiet and continuous, a process that unfolds through attention rather than action. In this sense, the work reflects on vulnerability not as a weakness, but as a necessary condition for change, a space in which a different awareness of self can begin to take form.





ph. Kyle Dobie

©2026 - Anna Laura Schiavi