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IT FELT LIKE LOVE
by Eliza Hittman
USA 2013 82 min. original version
tue 19 nov 5:30 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Trailer: http://www.visitfilms.com/film.asp?movieID=1503
Script: Eliza Hittman, DoP: Sean Porter, Editor: Scott Cummings, Carlos Marques-Marcet, Production: Bay Bridge Productions, Infinitum Productions, Producers: Eliza Hittman, Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner, Cast: Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein, Jesse Cordasco, Nicolas Rosen
During an uneventful summer, lonely 14-year old Lila turns her attentions to Sammy, an older thug at the beach. She weaves a story about him and becomes fixated on seeing it realized. When her attempts fail, she propels the lie even further, claiming they’ve had sex. The film captures the confusing emotions and developing identity of an adolescent girl that explores what could euphemistically be called love.
"One of the most involving and sensually lush debuts in recent memory" (Cinema Scope)
"With IT FELT LIKE LOVE, I wanted to show outtakes from childhood: the lonely moments, the surges of false confidence, and small humiliating details that are often buried in our memories." (Eliza Hittman)
Biography: Eliza Hittman is an award-winning filmmaker, born and based in New York City. She received an MFA from CalArts, School of Film/Video (2010). Her short films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage etc. IT FELT LIKE LOVE premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition in 2013. It was voted one of the Top Ten films at Sundance in Film Comment by Laura Kern. She was recently named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 "New Faces of Indie Film".
Filmography: 2008 A LUMIERE, 2009 TRICKSTER, 2010 SECOND COUSINS ONCE REMOVED, 2011 FOREVER’S GONNA START TONIGHT (all short films), 2013 IT FELT LIKE LOVE
Awards: Best American Film (Possible Worlds Film Festival, Sydney/Australia), Special Jury Prize (Sarasota Film Festival, USA 2013), Award for Best Actress to Gina Piersanti (Nashville Film Festival, USA 2013)
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