Gardening
Sarah Beeby
United Kingdom, 2024, 14 min.
In English.
Includes nudity and sexual content.
In the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do 'the right thing', she realises that she must regain her voice and find new paths to healing, before she and her garden are destroyed completely.
Director's Statement
Over the last couple of years my desire for uplifting films has increased significantly. Today’s world is not short on crisis and many of them feel like insurmountable challenges. Hope is essential. I believe art does not exist in a vacuum, and given the contemporary zeitgeist, I think it’s important to tell stories which are optimistic. I want Gardening to be such a film, a film that explores the possibility of healing and repair, inspired by my own experiences of sexual assault.
Category: Animation, Short.
Themes: Abuse, Women, World Cinema.
Friday, April 4
Festival Grounds at the Mercado Annex
7:30pm

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