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Screening with Shorts Program 4

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Winner, Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary

A filmmaker revisits her childhood pact with her sister and her struggle with anorexia as a Punjabi Canadian kid growing up in a small town in Quebec. Through a feminist diasporic lens, she explores eating disorders, identity and the quest for belonging beyond body image in this intimate love letter to childhood.

Please note: Some of the film's content includes depictions of anorexia, disordered eating, and body dysmorphia.

Distributor: NFB

Credits

  • Director(s)

    • Eisha Marjara
  • Producer(s)

    • Joe Balass
    • Ariel Nasr
  • Executive Producer(s)

    • Joe Balass
    • Rohan Fernando
    • Annette Clarke
    • John Christou
  • Writer(s)

    • Eisha Marjara
  • Editor(s)

    • Kara Blake
  • Cinematography

    • Ariane Lorrain
  • Composer

    • Gaëtan Gravel
  • Sound

    • Sacha Ratcliffe

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