Dir. Savanah Leaf
2023 | 101 mins | UK, US
Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Keta Price

SHOWING TIMES:

• Sat 13 Jan: 8.20pm
• Mon 15 Jan: 7.50pm* + pre-recorded discussion
• Thu 18 Jan: 5.30pm

*This screening will play with Descriptive Subtitles.

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Savanah Leaf’s directorial feature debut is an intimate depiction of a mother’s fear and love, crafting a story that redefines perspectives and asks us to bear witness to vulnerability and the desire to be seen.

Gia (Tia Nomore) is a young mother fighting for her children. Her son and daughter are in foster care, and now her unborn child could also be taken away. Struggling to work enough hours with court-mandated classes, she’s barely making ends meet. Gia loves her children unconditionally, but how will she give them the future they deserve?

Leaf’s elegant visual language interjects lush visions of hope and visceral manifestations of Gia’s deepest fears into her everyday life. Moving performances root the film in authenticity, including that of newcomer Tia Nomore, whose Gia is tender, conflicted, and layered.

RECLAIM THE FRAME

Mon 15th screening will be followed by a pre-recorded discussion between film director Savanah Leaf and Reclaim the Frame director Melanie Iredale (20 mins). Both the film and the Q&A will include descriptive subtitles.

Reclaim The Frame is a charity dedicated to bringing ever greater audiences to films by people from marginalised genders to offer a wider perspective of the world. Our Reclaim The Frame events create a space to discuss what’s under the surface of each story. Events include an introduction, space for open discussion lead by industry experts and sometimes even a workshop to get everyone socialising.

Visit the website to learn more and join the #ReclaimTheFrame mission and to receive free cinema tickets, discount codes and other film goodies. If you want to be an Advocate for the work we do, join RTFs mailing list.

TRIPLE F-RATED:

Directed by a woman, written by a woman and starring a significant woman.

F-Rating is a new rating for films directed by women, written by women and/or with significant female characters on screen, in their own right. Find out more here >>

∆ BBFC Rating Details:

Rated 15 – strong language, brief drug misuse