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Synopsis

An intimate portrait of Hobbit and Jake, who have decided to raise their one-year-old child Anoush gender open. The family lives on a houseboat in the UK and in order to prevent people from making gender-related assumptions, they are keeping the biological sex of their baby a secret.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Debate Strand

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12 mins
Director
Louisa Rechenbach
Producer
Louisa Rechenbach
Editor
Nicky Chue
Director of Photography
Zachariah Brown
Sound
Caleb Watson, Stefania Fantini
Composer
Caleb Watson

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Louisa Rechenbach

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