NESTING

Sunday 23rd November 10:30

NESTING (UK Premiere)

Dir: Chloé Cinq-Mars. Starring: Rose-Marie Perreault · Simon Landry-Desy. Saladin Dellers. Canada (2025) 103mins. 

Motherhood can be hell. For every milky smile, new milestone, and laugh that sparks joy comes the overwhelming fear of failure, sleepless nights, hair loss, and most of all, getting used to the responsibility of caring for a whole new human. 

Penelope (Rose-Marie Perreault) and her boyfriend Gaspard (Simon Landry-Desy) are new parents to Lou, with Penelope grappling with sleep deprivation and postpartum depression while shouldering the bulk of the familial load as Gaspard occupies his time skateboarding and smoking weed. One night, while taking a stroll to soothe Lou to sleep, she witnesses a violent hold-up that is the catalyst for the toll of motherhood to boil over. Her growing isolation and the expectations of others become too much, sending Penelope on a paranoid spiral after she sees a figure from her past.

Screening with BENNY'S SECOND BIRTHDAY (UK Premiere)

Dir: R.J. Glass. Starring: Allegra Edwards, Darri Ingolffson, Duke McCloud. USA (2025) 12mins.

When strangers arrive at her toddler's birthday party, an expectant mother confronts her son's unexpected popularity.

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