Rats With Flowery Hats is a fiction film inspired by the real-life experiences of Hannah Koselj Marušič. It follows Lana, a medical student struggling with OCD, who finds solace in her TikTok account, where she reads her poetry – raw confessions of hedonistic escapes into sex and drugs. Torn between the rigid structure of her academic life and the intoxicating freedom she explores in her verses, Lana exists in a liminal space where control and surrender blur. Through its intimate portrayal of mental health and digital identity, the film explores how social media becomes both an outlet and an escape, reflecting the fragmented nature of selfhood in a screen-saturated world.

Hannah Koselj Marušič, born in 1996 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, lives and works in Ljubljana. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from AVA and is pursuing an MA in Video, Animation and New Media at UL ALUO. Her work explores transformation through hardship, turning struggles into universal narratives. She has exhibited widely, with seven solo shows. Her films have been awarded nationally and internationally. She received the UL ALUO award for her intermedia artwork Split Ends, and her debut poetry book was nominated for best literary debut.

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Podgane s cvetličnimi klobuki je igrani film, ki so ga navdihnile resnične izkušnje avtorice. Film sledi Lani, študentki medicine, ki se spopada z OKM, tolažbo pa najde na TikTok računu, kjer bere poezijo – surove izpovedi o hedonističnih pobegih v seks in droge. Lana, razpeta med togo strukturo akademskega življenja in omamno svobodo, ki jo raziskuje v verzih, obstaja v liminalnem prostoru, kjer se nadzor in predaja zameglita. Film z intimnim prikazom duševnega zdravja in digitalne identitete raziskuje, kako družbeni mediji postajajo odvod in hkrati pobeg, ter razmišlja o fragmentirani naravi sebstva v svetu, zasičenem z zasloni.

Hannah Koselj Marušič, rojena leta 1996 v Ljubljani, je diplomirala iz likovnih umetnosti na Akademiji za vizualne umetnost, magistrski študij videa, animacije in novih medijev pa nadaljuje na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani. Njeno delo raziskuje transformacijo preko stisk, boje spreminja v univerzalne pripovedi. Veliko razstavlja, vključno s sedmimi samostojnimi razstavami. Njeni filmi so bili nagrajeni doma in v tujini. Za intermedijsko delo Razcepljene konice je prejela nagrado UL ALUO, njen pesniški prvenec pa je bil nominiran za najboljši literarni prvenec. Hannah Koselj Marušič živi in ​​dela v Ljubljani.