Monicallag — Monica Llag

THE THIRD MIND

^{A film by Mònica Llag}

The Third Mind
A film by Mònica Llag

Director of Photography: Irene Royo
Sound design: Raquel Tort
Graphic design: Anna Habash

5 min 30 seg.

The Third Mind is an animated short film that explores the intersection between identity, space, and memory through the transformative journey of a character who decides to leave their comfort zone and move to another country. The narrative is articulated through the dialogue between two internal figures: The Intellect, a head that embodies critical thinking; and Intuition, a figure that camouflages with the environment and expresses itself through the body, gestures, and the unconscious.

CHARACTERS

Human Character

Intellect

Intuition

The piece develops a symbolic universe through miniature scenographies, where the character moves through different domestic and emotional spaces in search of new ways of living. In this journey, questions such as the construction of identity, the influence of spaces on our daily practices, and memory as a narrative and resistance force are explored.

SCENOGRAPHIES

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

In this context of transformation, the short film also addresses contemporary issues such as precarity, migration, and the difficulty of access to housing, however from the privilege position of a European. The piece explores the need for rootedness and the individual’s capacity to adapt, proposing a reflection on identity understood as a multiple and constantly evolving process, on space as an active agent in the configuration of the self, and on memory as an essential force capable of narrating our stories and sustaining the subject in the face of instability.

The Third Mind is the space where the boundaries between the physical and the mental become blurred: a symbolic territory that is generated in the dialogue between reason and intuition, the third consciousness that is born from their encounter. This “third mind” also functions as a metaphor for shared intelligence, a form of knowledge that expands in the collective, in the bond with the other. The piece thus invites us to cultivate inner listening, organised improvisation, and critical thinking as tools for education, transformation, and collective creation.

“Aquesta actuació està impulsada i subvencionada pel Departament d’Empresa i Treball i cofinançada per la Unió Europea mitjançant el Fons Social Europeu Plus”.