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Closer
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At
the heart of this
stunningly shot film is an honest, poignant
character study of a 17 year-old lesbian living in Newcastle, England.
‘Closer’, an official selection at Sundance Film
Festival 2001, innovatively explores the process of documentary
filmmaking and boldly challenges traditional forms of storytelling.
From the streets of Newcastle – where we find Annelise
speaking frankly to the camera about her experiences as a young lesbian
– to the emotionally charged re-enactment of her coming out
to her mother, fiction and documentary collide in this gripping and
powerful film. The filmmaker presents a hypnotizing array of montages
and fictive sequences to illustrate the daily events in the life of
this extraordinary person. Produced without a script and in close
collaboration with the subject, Annelise Rodger, what emerges is a
remarkable encounter with a young woman whose story has broader
implications about being young, at the cusp of adulthood, and finding
one's true identity.
In distribution with Women Make Movies (New York), screened
on Showtime/ Sundance Channel in the US. Currently on festival tour.
Funded by: Northern Production Fund
Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, IDFA, Cork,
Mannheim-Heidelberg + many more
Awards: Winner of the PlanetOut/iFilm Short Movie Award (Grand Prize),
Winner of the Czech Radio Prize at the One World 2003 Film Festival
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