Maternal Histories
short documentary by Anouk Degen
Switzerland, 2015
Releases
Available for free viewing with a choice of subtitles in French, English, German, Spanish and Portuguese here
Synopsis
“Maternal histories” is an inward journey based on the author’s family film archive. The film explores intimacy, words and silence, to inspect the arious shades of so-called ‘maternal instinct’. The author questions the implicit inheritance which passes down from generation to generation and the conflicting desires that haunt her as a woman and a mother.
Selections
- Etats Généraux du Documentaire – Viewing Experiences Section
- Filmar en America Latina 2015
- 51èmes Journées de Soleure – Section Panorama Short
- Miroirs 2016 – Journée de films de famille et autobiographiques
- Contemporary Swiss Cinema Panorama 2016 (Brazil)
- Filmes de Homen 2016 – Jean Loup Passek Award International Competition
- Festival du Film de Famille 2016 – International Competition
- Family Film Project 2017
- DOCFeed 2017 – International Competition
- Montreal Feminist Film Festival 2017
- Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival 2017 – International Competition
- Berlin Indie Doc Fest 2017
- Jax Doc Fest 2017 – Experimental Documentaries
- XIII Panorama Internacional Coisa de Cinema – A Mulher no Cinema
- Black Maria Film Festival 2018
- Festival de Cine Latino-Americano 2018
- Passages : Women in Transition 2018
Format: S8 / HD – 28 minutes
V.O.: French, Portuguese
V.O.S.T.: English / French / Spanish / Portuguese
Son: stereo 2.0 / 5.1
Screening Format: DCP digital cinema (SMPTE 25ips) / Blu-ray
- Written and directed by Anouk Dominguez-Degen
- Photography: Maurice et Aurea Degen, Anouk Dominguez-Degen, Jehan Dominguez
- Sound design: Rudy Decelière
- Music: Hicham Chahidi
- Tibetan singing bowls: Verona Vonnez
- Soundmix 2.0: Rudy Decelière
- Soundmix 5.1: Adrien Kessler
- Color-grading: Raphaël Frauenfelder
- Editing: Anouk Dominguez-Degen
- With: Jehan Dominguez, Aurea, Maurice et Karina Degen
- Production: Benjamin Poumey / C-Side Productions
Support
Supported by Cinéforom & the support of Loterie Romande, Office Fédéral de la Culture (DFI), Fondation Emilie Gourd