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SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER
Belgium, The Netherlands 2019
Photo: © Limerick Films
82 mins Subtitled
MOTHER
Kristof Bilsen
16:00 | GATE DOCUMENTARY
Pomm, a care worker of rare nobility, is the beating heart of this remarkably moving documentary. She is employed at a facility in Thailand specialising in looking after Europeans with Alzheimer’s,
so consumed by her job that she has to spend time away from her own children. Meanwhile, a family from Switzerland travel to Thailand with their mother, Maya, who has developed Alzheimer’s in her 50s. Granted extraordinary access to these striking characters, sometimes in painfully intimate moments, Kristof Bilsen has crafted a significant film that ponders a number of moral and cultural conundrums without judgement and with incredible compassion. MH
TITO
Grace Glowicki
17:00 | TRISKEL
NARRATIVE
Canada 2019
70 mins
Tito (played by director Grace Glowicki in an unrecognisible transformation) is a young man ruled by fear and paranoia, unkempt and constantly terrified that the predators who have plagued his
life might get him. One day Tito is shocked to discover a neighbour intruding into his home. The neighbour befriends Tito, but he never seems to leave. With her debut feature, Glowicki has skilfully crafted a study of predatory abuse and fear, flipping them back to the masculine psyche from where they have originated, and presenting a film which is often hilarious, but just as often harrowing. SE
Official Selection, SXSW, 2019
SAINT FRANCES
Alex Thompson
18:00 | GATE
NARRATIVE
USA 2019
106 mins
Saint Frances is a compassionate and charming comedy-drama — which provides a departure from prototypical female characterisations on film — and an unlikely analysis of being a mother (or choosing not to be). Facing an unplanned pregnancy and in search of a new job, Bridget is forced to begin nannying for precocious six-year-old Frances, forming an unexpected bond with the child and forging a dynamic that delivers clarity to Bridget’s notions of the self. Non-judgemental in its portrayal of femininity, the film is quietly transgressive in its exploration of family and the female body, and compelling in its on-screen representation of a woman’s right to choose. RG
Audience Award Winner - Narrative Feature Competition, SXSW, 2019
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