DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

For years, I’ve been trying to find answers for health issues that should have been straightforward. The best medical advice I received? “Do nothing and maybe it will go away.” Disturbingly, that became my only option. Of course, it didn’t go away. This is the heartbreaking reality of women’s healthcare. Women’s health remains under-researched, leaving too many of us to live with pain we’re expected to accept.

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My own pain and frustration led me to write SYRINGE. The film is my response to the lack of research and investment in women’s health, and to a system that still fails to take women’s pain seriously. Through Neenah, I explore medical gaslighting, bodily autonomy, systemic control and the complexities of gynecological pain. At its heart, SYRINGE is about what happens when women’s pain goes unseen and unheard, and what we risk when relief comes at the cost of control over our own bodies.

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I also wanted to explore my fear of AI medical influencers. In the Nyrophil infomercials, I used AI-generated “synthetic performers” to show how easily false hope can be sold to people genuinely looking for answers. In an industry meant to care for us but increasingly driven by profit, AI makes it even harder to know who or what to place your trust in.

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Almost every woman I know has faced some kind of gynecological struggle, whether with the issue itself and/or the fight to be heard. Yet these experiences are still rarely seen on screen. With SYRINGE, I hope to bring them into the light and help women feel seen and less alone.