There, There

A film by
Heather Young

There, There

Genre

Fiction

Country

Canada

Year

2024

Format

Color - 1:37

Length

105 min

Language

English
Director's notes
Cast

Marlene Jewell, Katie Mattatall

Crew

DIRECTING: Heather Young

SCREENPLAY: Heather Young

PRODUCTION : Britt Kerr, Martha Cooley, Heather Young (Brass Door Productions, Houseplant Films, Marjorie Films)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Catherine Lutes

SOUND: Graham Colwell, John Dykstra

EDITING: Heather Young

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Synopsis

There, There tells the parallel stories of Ruth, an elderly woman with dementia obsessed with feeding the neighbourhood birds, and Shannon, her young homecare worker who is pregnant and has been deserted by the baby’s father. The two women find comfort in one another at these very different stages in their lives.

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Festivals & awards

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

Mention spéciale du jury

St. John's International Women's Film Festival

Available Light Film Festival

Charlottetown Film Festival

Vancouver International Film Festival

Reviews

a film filled with insight and compassion

Jared Abbott

Journey into Cinema
7 novembre 2024

Director

About
Biography
Heather
Young

Howard and Jean I 2014

Fish I 2016

Milk I 2017

Murmur I 2019

There, There I 2024

Filmography

Heather Young is a filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She made the short films HOWARD AND JEAN (2014), FISH (2016) and MILK (2017). Her first feature MURMUR (2019) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize for the Discovery Programme and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival. Her second feature THERE, THERE (2024) premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival and received a Special Jury Mention at Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal.

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