Canadian Premiere
Mid-century advertisements, public service announcements, and product demonstrations are stitched together to create an unsettling narrative of two sisters.
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Canada
2022
English
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Credits
Producer
Marisa Hoicka
Screenwriter
Marisa Hoicka
Editor
Marisa Hoicka
Director
Marisa Hoicka
Hoicka’s film Sisters, had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2023 and has since been screened at Flatpack Film Festival in Birmingham, and Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico. A multi-media artist, Hoicka’s work has been shows at Berlin’s Galerie Kurt Im Hirsch, San Francisco’s MoMA, Oakville Galleries, the Power Plant, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, and across Canada. She has received grants from the Canada and Ontario Arts Councils.
Filmography: Sisters (2022); Night Playgrounds (2017); Solo Night Stand (2015); This is Not a Test (2012); Still Life (2012); Insides Out: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (2012)
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