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Skiff

When Malou, a teenage girl, falls in love with her brother’s girlfriend, a search for gender and sexual identity starts.

synopsis

Summer 2020. Malou, a 15-year-old tomboy, lives with her mother and two older brothers in a small town. She spends her summer training at the rowing track and working at a gas station. Competitive as she is, she does not make any friends at the rowing track. She also has difficulties connecting with her testosteron- driven brothers, Max and Rik, who are in her mind only thinking about girls, weed and parties. Her mother Annick is dating when not working, so Malou is most of the time on her own. When Max introduces his new girlfriend Nouria, Malou first sees her as one of his empty-headed girlfriends. But the more Nouria hangs around at their house, the more Malou gets confused. Not only about her sexuality, but also about her gender. Is she falling in love? And can she steal Nouria away from her brother? What consequences is Malou willing to pay?

Director’statement

Brothers and sisters are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about honesty, kindness, caring and teamwork – and this often in the most harsh way. Having three brothers myself, this accurately summarises the relationship I had with them whilst growing up. A family can be described as a mini-society. They are people that have to live together and despite their differences, they have to make arrangements and compromise in order to make things work. Some days are better than others. And when parents are not around because of work or personal issues, things can get quite intense and out of hand at some point. I already explored this theme in my short films, but I want to dig deeper into it, adding an extra element that has become very important to me over the years: discovering, exploring and accepting your own sexual identity and gender. Skiff is an intimate, raw and honest portrait of a girl growing up in a very masculine and competitive environment, while discovering and most importantly accepting who she is, even when others do not.

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ScriptLab 2020
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