Project Detail

A Want in Her

Name: A Want in Her
Director: Myrid Carten
Released: 2024
Duration: 81 min

Synopsis

You can't choose what you inherit.
This documentary offers an uncompromising look at what gets passed down. Framed around a contested house in the west of Ireland, it is a coming-of-age story - a survival story - about the cost of love; and how difficult it can be to escape.
Official Selection International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection True/False Film Festival - North American premiere
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2025

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Features
Running time: 81 min
Format: Digital / 16mm
Director: Myrid Carten 1st Feature
Producer: Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor, Tadhg O'Sullivan, Eline van Wees
Co-Producer: Kat Mansoor, Eline van Wees
Editor: Karen Harley
Director of Photography: Donna Wade, Sean Mullan
Sound: Morgan Muse
Composer: Clarice Jansen
Film title note: FKA Me Ma Ma Me; No Place Like Home (Working title)

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI Doc Society

Ireland, UK, Netherlands co-production

Inland Films (IE), Snowstorm Productions (UK), Basalt Film (NL)

Snowstorm Productions

Kat Mansoor

kat@snowstormproductions.co.uk

Sales Company

Syndicado Film Sales

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