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There’s Not Much We Can Do (2022)

Duration: 19    Category: Personal, Short   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

In this personal essay documentary, the director reflects on her journey of getting diagnosed with endometriosis through observing the invasive Japanese Knotweed. While both the disease and the plant grow disruptively through their respective environments, one is treated with urgency while the other is met with inaction. An ecofeminist meditation on the body, biology, care and control, There’s Not Much We Can Do prompts us to question the very systems through which we relate to the natural world itself.

Highlights

  • WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 2022 (UK)
  • Inverness Film Festival, November 2022 (UK)
  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, March 2023 (UK)
  • Spit it Out Festival, June 2023 (UK)
  • Encounters Film Festival, September 2023 (UK)
  • Raindance Film Festival, October 2023 (UK)
  • DOC NYC, October 2023 (US)
  • ReFrame Film Festival 2024 (Canada)
  • Braziers Film Festival 2024 (UK)
  • Les Mains Gauche Queer Feminist Film Festival 2024 (France)
  • Scottish Queer International Film Festival 2024 (UK)
  • Scottish Mental Health Arts Film Festival 2024 (UK)

To arrange a screening please contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

 

Director:
Erica Monde

Producer: Clara Harris
DOP: Marta Massa

Sound: Alexis Psillas

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