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.