
Festivals
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, ZURICH FILM FESTIVAL, VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SOLOTHURNER FILMTAGE, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM, GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL
Awards
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM / IFFR YOUTH JURY AWARD 2023
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / CHANGEMAKER AWARD 2022





REN, AN ASPIRING WRITER AND MID-TWENTY-SOMETHING, ACCOMPANIES HER PARENTS, MONA AND GUIDO, AND HER YOUNGER SISTER, SIENA, ON A BEACH RESORT HOLIDAY IN COTTAGE COUNTRY. AS REN NAVIGATES THE RESORT, SHE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH HER PARENTS' LOVING YET OVERBEARING NATURE, AND TRIES TO BALANCE THE YEARNING FOR INDEPENDENCE WITH THE COMFORT OF BEING TAKEN CARE OF. THE REALITIES OF BEING A STUNTED MILLENNIAL AND A TRANS WOMAN COALESCE IN REN NOT WANTING TO BE PERCEIVED AS A BURDEN. LOOMING IN THE BACK OF REN'S MIND IS THE SECRET OF HER RECENT DISMISSAL FROM WORK, AND THAT ONCE THE HOLIDAY IS OVER, SHE WILL NEED TO RELY EVEN MORE ON HER FAMILY'S SUPPORT.








