Mother's Skin | Vancouver International Film Festival

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World Premiere

Six-year-old Molly copes with her father’s alcoholic rage and mother’s worsening depression. One day, Molly and her mother discover a secret hidden underneath the floor grate.

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Director

Leah Johnston

Cast

Briar Mosher, Rhiannon Morgan, Joel Thomas Hynes

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Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

English

Film Contact

La Distributrice de Films

Links

Official Website

Content Warning

Domestic Violence; nudity

20 min

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Credits

Producer

Leah Johnston, Jason Buxton

Screenwriter

Leah Johnston

Cinematography

Jason Buxton

Editor

Leah Johnston

Director

Leah Johnston

Leah Johnston is an award-winning filmmaker from Nova Scotia. Her most recent short film, Ingrid and the Black Hole (2016), premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival and was showcased at over 20 film festivals, winning eight awards, including Best Canadian Short at the Edmonton International Film Festival. She is the recipient of the Corus Fearless Female Filmmaker Award, the Bravofact/WIFT Prize, and the National Screen Institute Drama Prize. She has a BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.