New Shorts Documentary: Kinship
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Image: I Don't Feel At Home Anywhere Anymore, Viv Li, 2021
Focusing both on direct and mediated interactions between families and friends, these filmmakers turn to documentary to explore a spectrum of relationships. Using the tools of the form to facilitate uncomfortable conversations, return to personal archives or simply act as a record of a moment in time – there is a specificity to these films that could not be achieved without the malleability and breath allowed those who seek to simply document. In uncompromising honesty and across distances, these films reflect on lost and recovered relationships, the challenge of being candid with parents, and the dreams of immortality that bind youthful friendships.
Curated by Miranda Mungai
Daughters
Katharina Soon-Hi Thaler, Stella Deborah Traub , Quynh Le Nguyen
21'
2021
Germany
“I was born and there they were.” Three filmmakers reflect on the inescapable connection to their parents. — Three daughters, three encounters filled with questions about this lifelong bond, and the loving and painful experiences it involves.
I Don't Feel At Home Anywhere Anymore
Viv Li
16'
2021
Belgium
A wistful but witty account of a trip to Beijing by an art student who has been abroad for ten years. Her stay with her family mercilessly exposes how uprooted she has become by her life abroad.
Calle Feria 37
Adriana Solé
9'
2021
Spain
A collection of interviews with childhood friends give an insight from which to observe the experience of life in Sevilla, discussing trauma, high school and the fear of death.
You are always 20
Christer Wahlberg
15'
2021
Sweden
The director gets hold of an old feature film from 2001, that he and his best friend made when they were 19. When he looks at it he remembers his youth and understands why their friendship is lost.