Canada 2024, 24 min, English, Hebrew & English subtitles

A playful bet between adolescent sisters turns from a summer diet into extreme starvation. Eisha recounts how her anorexia became entwined with beauty ideals and the glorification of thinness, ultimately becoming catastrophic. Her attempts to tame her body, she now knows, were a form of rebellion—against femininity, her melancholic mother, and the stifling warmth of her Indian home, which offered food instead of addressing her emotional needs. This first-person doc portrays her teenage years with humor and a nostalgic aesthetic, yet beneath its seemingly breezy surface lies a poignant reflection on body image and self-acceptance that remains strikingly relevant.

Previous Festivals: IDFA

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Screening Schedule:
  • Fri 23.05 11:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, filmmakers of "Dear Mom," will join for a Q&A, hosted by Nir Ferber
  • Tue 27.05 17:30, Cinematheque 5 Filmmaker Present Purchase

Eisha Marjara has made several award-winning films, including Locarno’s Prix de la Semaine de Critique winner Desperately Seeking Helen. Venus (2017), a dramatic comedy, won the EDA Award for Best Feature at the Whistler Film Festival and Best Feature Film at Cinequest, among other accolades. (...)

Production: Joe Balass, Ariel Nasr
Production Company: Compass Productions Inc, NFB
Script: Eisha Marjara
Editing: Kara Blake
Cinematography: Ariane Lorrain

Screenings

  • Fri 23.05 11:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, filmmakers of "Dear Mom," will join for a Q&A, hosted by Nir Ferber
  • Tue 27.05 17:30, Cinematheque 5 Filmmaker Present Purchase
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Screening Schedule:
  • Fri 23.05 11:00, Cinematheque 2 Filmmaker Present Purchase
    After the screening, filmmakers of "Dear Mom," will join for a Q&A, hosted by Nir Ferber
  • Tue 27.05 17:30, Cinematheque 5 Filmmaker Present Purchase
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