NEW SHORTS: Sister Act
Friday, 22 January 2021
RIO, dir. Zhenia Kazankina
Snapping, spiteful, begrudgingly tender: welcome to the highs and lows of sisterhood.
Bonded by family or common cause, these sisters share spaces of vulnerability and solidarity when times get tough - whether the loss of a parent, dreaming beyond the strange daily rituals of a Russian motel, or brought together by blood in a bathroom stall.
Featuring nuanced tales from Russia, Switzerland and London’s outer reaches, with new work from LSFF alumna Rosie Westhoff (Treacle).
Guest -programmed by Sylvie Dumont. 84'
This programme contains implied domestic abuse.
RIO
Zhenia Kazankina
22'
2020
Russia
Paulina and Nadia work in a small hotel in the northern town near the border, and dream of a different, exotic world.
TO THE SEA
Martha Treves
18'
2020
United Kingdom
A teenage sister and brother are waiting for their mother’s return after her sudden departure one morning. Bewildered and parentless, the siblings struggle to come to terms with their reality.
A quiet but turbulent coming-of-age narrative of loss and loyalty
WORTH
Alejandra Jenni
12'
2019
Switzerland
Two young women in their bathrooms: one of them misses her period, the other one struggles with it. An honest, bleeding and intimate search for the individual and social value of the period.
OUR SISTER
Rosie Westhoff
14'
2020
United Kingdom
A nonverbal autistic teenage girl and her sister come to terms with the death of their youngest sibling.
LEOPARD
James Arden
17'
2020
United Kingdom
Rocky, a born-and-bred London teenager, begins to question the strict routine set by her father - as well as deeper feelings about her own identity - after meeting a free-spirited girl in a local launderette.