Screenings
SKY NEAL | CARA MAMMA
Screening and Q&A
Cara Mamma (24 mins) draws on a series of candid personal letters exchanged between Daniela and her adult child Naissa over a three-year period, combining these with dream-like allegorical sequences and cinema verité. The film follows Naissa as he stands firmly for his independence and identity as a trans man, and Daniela as she wrestles with her fear of losing a daughter. As Naissa embarks on his professional dance career and proudly embodies his gender, his mother also embarks on a journey of understanding and acceptance of her son’s choices.
I think trans youth in my position and parents in my mum’s position need to see themselves represented, and need to see the conversations in such a raw but also loving way. All we ever hear from the media is someone coming out as trans and either their parents embracing them immediately or throwing them out. Relationships are so much more complex than that, and the grey area from coming out to acceptance needs to be seen unapologetically.
Naissa
Naissa and Daniela approached documentary filmmaker Sky Neal to make this film as a way of sharing their experience. Sky, the director of Satya Films, grew up in Cornwall and currently lives in Porthleven. She will introduce the film and lead an informal Q&A after the screening.
CAST Café supper from 6pm
Screening and Q&A from 7pm
Tickets from £15, booking essential
Film still: Cara Mamma, 2024, image courtesy Sky Neal.
I think trans youth in my position and parents in my mum’s position need to see themselves represented, and need to see the conversations in such a raw but also loving way. All we ever hear from the media is someone coming out as trans and either their parents embracing them immediately or throwing them out. Relationships are so much more complex than that, and the grey area from coming out to acceptance needs to be seen unapologetically.
Naissa
Naissa and Daniela approached documentary filmmaker Sky Neal to make this film as a way of sharing their experience. Sky, the director of Satya Films, grew up in Cornwall and currently lives in Porthleven. She will introduce the film and lead an informal Q&A after the screening.
CAST Café supper from 6pm
Screening and Q&A from 7pm
Tickets from £15, booking essential
Film still: Cara Mamma, 2024, image courtesy Sky Neal.
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