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Synopsis

A short and personal female centred documentary about addiction, and long-term recovery from it. This film weaves together observational and lyrical elements to take us into the challenging, deeply personal, and relatively unknown world of recovery – along with the processes of care that follow in the years after a period of active addiction. This is one couple’s journey together as they negotiate the world of recovery and how to plan for a future with so much uncertainty in it.
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Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 min
Format
Digital, Archive
Director
Miranda Stern
Producer
Reece Cargan
Executive Producer
Noe Mendelle, Flore Cosquer, Mark Thomas, Sue Bourne, Dani Carlaw
Editor
Miranda Stern
Screenwriter
Miranda Stern
Director of Photography
Julyan Sinclair

Genre

Scottish Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bombito Productions

Sales Company

Scottish Documentary Institute

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