What bearing does a past we never lived have on the people we become? Can we ever break free from generational cycles or are we bound to repeat them? These films explore the struggle for individual identity, questioning how we move forward under the weight of inherited expectations and familial pressure.

There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers at this event.

Films:

• Sunday Lunch (UK) Nominated for the Fiction (Lyndon Henley Hanrahan), The London School Trust Screenplay (Isobel Baker), Salon Editing (Darcy Keeble Watson), and Original Film Music Awards (Katrina Rose)

• Hot Mess (UK) Nominated for Wychwood Media Social Impact Award (Tortor Smith)

• Fawn (UK) Nominated for the Animation Award (Molly Mayhew). 

• Dogbone (UK) Nominated for the Sound Design Award (Francis Kelly)

• A Year of Marriage (Mexico) the Chewboy Cinematography (Aarón Galán), and Fiction Awards (Pablo Camargo López)

Content notices: Death, Violence, Grief, Mental Illness, Discussions of Suicide, Abuse

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