Alis (2022)

Directed by

Clare Weiskopf, Nicolas Van Hemelryck

Genre

documentary film

Country

Colombia, Chile, Romania

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Ten teenage girls at a Bogotá boarding school are asked to imagine a new classmate named Alis and describe her and their relationship with her. Through this exercise, they share their own difficult experiences in a safe way.

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What happens

Alis is a 2022 documentary film, directed by Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás van Hemelryck. A co-production between Colombia, Chile and Romania, the film centres on ten teenage girls at a boarding school in Bogotá. In order to provide a safe and supportive entry point to the painful truths of each girl's experience, the filmmakers frame the story through asking each girl to imagine that they have a new classmate named Alis, and to describe both her and their own relationship with her. The film premiered in February 2022 at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it was the winner of both the Crystal Bear for best film in the Generation 14+ program and the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-related documentary film. At the 11th Macondo Awards in 2023, the film won the award for Best Documentary, and the filmmaking team were nominated for Best Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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