The Dependents
SYNOPSIS
Based on diaries that detail her father’s thirty years of service as a Canadian immigration officer, The Dependents is a woman’s intimate portrait of a life in transit. In it, she explores her family’s travels through Asia and the Americas, her father’s ties to Canada, her mother’s status as a migrant spouse, and her own experience as an unassuming child born into this shifting orbit.
Premiere in Spain. With the presence of the director.
Why must you see it?
The Dependents is an immersive, light, and transparent film. Through the meticulous fusion of media, soundscapes, diary fragments, conversations, places, and times, Canadian-Argentinian filmmaker Sofia Brockenshire ignites a quest that goes beyond her own intimacy to delve into the meaning of identity, belonging, and family. The Dependents is a film that reveals the voice of a young author who offers us a generous and complex perspective on a globalized world.
María Campaña
Sofía Brockenshire
Sofía Brockenshire (Argentina / Canada) studied Cinema in Argentina (Universidad del Cine), and holds an MFA in Film and Video at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. Her films have been selected and awarded at various international film festivals, including Venice IFF, BAFICI, RIDM, and DOK Leipzig. She currently teaches at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montréal, Canada.
Year: 2022
Country: Canada, Argentina
Length: 90 min
Language: Korean, English, Spanish
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Writer and Director: Sofía Brockenshire
Camera, Sound, Edit: Sofía Brockenshire
Sound Design and mix: Julian Flavin
Featuring: Neil Brockenshire and Teresa Harguindey
