A Want in Her

dir. Myrid Carten/Ireland, UK, Netherlands/2024/81 min.

Myrid Carten has been filming since she was a child, and when her mother goes missing, she picks up her camera again in response to this new crisis. Her mother Nuala, once a successful social worker, suffered a mental breakdown after the sudden death of her own mother.

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projection time:

81 min.
country/year:

Ireland, UK, Netherlands /2024
director:

Myrid Carten
original language of the film:

English, Irish Gaelic
pictures:

Donna Wade, Sean Mullan
editor:

Karen Harley
production:

Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisin Geraghty, Kat Mansoor, Eline van Wees / Inland Films, Snowstorm Productions, Basalt Film
festivals and awards:

2024 – IDFA Amsterdam

sections:

Intimate Stories
competitions:

Bydgoszcz ART.DOC Award Lower Silesia Grand Prix Main Competition | SILESIAN AUDIENCE AWARD 2024 The City of Poznań Freedom Award Grand Prix Bank Millennium Award Warsaw Documentary Award The Mayor of Gdynia Award “Newsweek Psychologia” Award for the Best Film on Psychology Award for Best Cinematography First Appearance Award
tags:

psychology relations family