Knives and Skin
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Jennifer Reeder
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2019
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USA
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Feature
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111
mins
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English without subtitles
TW:
This mystical teen noir follows the investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in a small town. In the style of Twin Peaks, the plot reveals new secrets and some unusual coping mechanisms adopted by the locals. This tragic backdrop forces students to experience an accelerated loss of innocence while their parents confront the struggles of adulthood.
DIRECTOR
Jennifer Reeder
Jennifer Reeder constructs personal fiction films about relationships, trauma and coping. Here award-winning narratives are innovative and borrow from a range of forms including after school specials, amateur music videos and magical realism. These films have shown consistently around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, The Rotterdam Film Festival, The London Film Festival, SXSW, The Venice Biennale and The Whitney Biennial. Here the awards include several that have qualified her films for the Oscar nomination.
Jennifer Reeder
Jennifer Reeder constructs personal fiction films about relationships, trauma and coping. Here award-winning narratives are innovative and borrow from a range of forms including after school specials, amateur music videos and magical realism. These films have shown consistently around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival, The Rotterdam Film Festival, The London Film Festival, SXSW, The Venice Biennale and The Whitney Biennial. Here the awards include several that have qualified her films for the Oscar nomination.
Screenings
DATE+TIME
Thursday 29 October
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21:30
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The Cinematheque—Asta
Knives and Skin
This mystical teen noir follows the investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in a small town. In the style of Twin Peaks, the plot reveals new secrets and some unusual coping mechanisms adopted by the locals. This tragic backdrop forces students to experience an accelerated loss of innocence while their parents confront the struggles of adulthood.
Screenings
Thursday 29 October
·
21:30
—
The Cinematheque—Asta
