The first experimental film created in collaboration by Pedro Mendes and Amanda Gatti. Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s emblematic feminist horror tale The Yellow Wallpaper, the project was conceived as both a creative experiment and a political gesture — drawing from the story’s haunting portrayal of gender and mental health to reflect on how these issues remain painfully relevant today.

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The film unfolds in short, vignette-like scenes that echo the fragmented structure of early cinema and mirror the psychological unraveling of the protagonist. Blending performance, visual effects, and surreal imagery, the artists sought to give visual form to the internal world of the character, allowing it to spill into the language of the film.

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Yellow Cage reflects their shared interest in how image-making can expose — or resist — structures of power. It is also a tribute to the women in their lives, honoring their resilience in the face of the oppression they endured from birth to death.