years after giving up her newborn son for adoption, a woman confronts her memories and the man she calls monster

a portrait of my Canadian birth mother, played by Ellora Torchia (HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, IN THE EARTH, ALI & AVA, MIDSOMMAR).

shot on location in Mile End, London and Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada

CONTEXT

Their stories would not seem out of place in an episode of The Handmaid’s Tale: pregnant women shuttered away, violently restrained during childbirth, banned from looking at their babies — and, finally, coerced by social workers into signing adoption papers.

The Washington Post

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

official selections – HollyShorts (Premiere) (Los Angeles, US)*, New Hampshire Film Festival*, Leeds International Film Festival*+**, Norwich Film Festival**, North East Film Festival***; Cinefest (Sudbury, Canada)****, New York Shorts (NYC, US) ****, Burbank (Los Angeles, US), Cornwall, Crystal Palace, DUMBO (NYC), Ealing, Earl’s Court, London Film Week, London Super Shorts, Lonely Seal, Northampton, Oxford, Shorts Not Pants (Toronto, Canada), World Of Film (Glasgow, UK) //Awards Best Film – London Film Week, Best UK Film – London Super Shorts, Best Actor – Cornwall Film Festival //Accreditations *Academy/Oscar qualifying / **BAFTA & BIFA qualifying / ***BIFA qualifying / ****Canada Screen Award qualifying

STREAMING/ONLINE

Amazon Prime, Director’s Library, Director’s Notes

IMDB