3MIN. 14SEC. | DIARY FILM | JANUARY 2019
A film presenting the evolution of a child who likes to eat and the way family and friends speak to her over the years.
Student Film made a Dawson College, Montreal.
Director Statement
Mancacioasa is a very personal found footage student film that explores the psychological effects of “Fat Shaming”. This piece is a poetic representation of someone’s inner thoughts who has been struggling with obesity all her life. It represents everything that goes through someone’s mind when thinking about this topic. “Mancacioasa” is a word in Romanian that is used as a loving was of saying a child likes to eat.
Details
Language: Romanian | English | French
Country: Canada
Filming Location: Laval
Release Date: 1 January 2019
Available on Vimeo.
Best Documentary Dawson Media Night (CAN, 2018)
Special mention – Film di Peso (ITALY, Sept. 2020) – awarded by the students of Gian Maria Volonté Film School https://www.filmdipeso.it/fourth-edition/selected-films/?lang=en#1589968313343-0042b3fa-b672
Audience choice Award – Emerging Lens Film Festival (Halifax, 2020)
Best Director Nomination – Canada’s Yes! Let’s Make a Movie Film Festival (CAN, Nov. 2020)
Official Selection The Faith and Film Festival (USA, Jan 2020)
Official Selection 1st DIFF Film Fest 2020 (2020)
Official Competition 12 International Inter University Short Film Festival (BANGLADESH, Aug. 2020) https://www.dufs.org/12th-iiusff/
Official Selection Newark IFF Youth Festival (USA, Sept. 2020)
Official Selection Festival Court d’un Soir – Cinéaste en Herbe (CAN, Sept. 2020) https://courtsdunsoir.com/index.php/edition-2020/selection-officielle/25-competition-officielle-cineastes-en-herbe/161-mancacioasa
Official Selection Low Budget Fest (ONLINE, Nov. 2020)
Official Selection Festival de Cinema Estudantil de Guaiba (Brasil, Dec. 2020)
Official Selection Reel Deal Film Festival (USA, Jan. 2021)
Live Facebook screening hosted by comité féministe de l’AGEFLESH (Sherbrooke, Feb. 2021)
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