August 21, 9:30 pm
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, 2020, USA, United Kingdom, 101 min. Director Eliza Hittman. Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at Berlinale — 2020. Special screening as a part of New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival
The words of the film’s title are taken from common responses to awkward questions asked by social workers at pregnancy crisis centres. Some things are difficult to speak openly about, especially if you’re 17. The main characters of Eliza Hittman’s are two teenage girls, one of whom is pregnant, who go to New York to seek an abortion. In their native Pennsylvania, parental consent is required for the termination of a pregnancy. This social drama, which may seem predictable at first glance, won a special jury prize for neorealism at the Sundance Film Festival. It also received the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale, as well as wide acclaim from international press. The success of Never Rarely Sometimes Always is not only due to the relevance of its subject matter or any feminist agenda. This is a subtle, sensitive and nuanced film, which manages to do something very rare indeed — speaking about difficult subjects in simple language and without becoming excessively sentimental. This is largely thanks to the performance of the lead, first-time actor Sidney Flanigan.
The film is shown in the original language with Russian subtitles and wireless headphones.
Please register in advance (link in Russian).
New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival is a platform for new and daring cinema, whose mission is to support original and distinctive creative statements and inscribe new names into the international context. The festival is organised by the team of the New Holland: Cultural Urbanization project.
