Ask seven people and you will hear seven different stories. The Shape of Now is a creative
documentary that seeks to present the difficulties of writing history in order to achieve peace and
reconciliation.
This documentary portrays the lived experiences of different social spheres invested
peacekeeping: While scientists, academics and activists attempt to find possible routes to
normalize a war-torn society, a group of elderly mothers find a direct way to approach the
possible killers of their disappeared children, forging a necessary and genuine encounter in the
attempt to find closure.