Light As Feathers
Rosanne Pel
15-year-old Eryk lives with his mother, grandmother and great grandmother in a rural village in Poland. His father has been out of the picture as long as Eryk can remember. With his manipulative and dominant mother, he has an intimate relationship. Eryk has feelings for his 13-year-old neighbour Klaudia. But he does not know the difference between love and abuse.
With : Erik Walny, Ewa Makula, Klaudia Przybylska
Screenplay : Rosanne Pel
Image : Aafke Beernink
Sound : Mark Glynn
Editing : Xander Nijsten
Screenplay : Rosanne Pel
Image : Aafke Beernink
Sound : Mark Glynn
Editing : Xander Nijsten
Production : Family Affair Films
International sales: Wide
International sales: Wide
Rosanne Pel received her Masters degree at the Netherlands Film Academy in 2015. Before that she studied at the Utrecht School of Arts where she received her Bachelors for fiction directing and scriptwriting in 2011. During her studies she made various short films. Her short film Out of Sight (2010) was selected for International Film Festival Rotterdam and won the NPS New arrivals audience award. Light as Feathers is her debut feature as scriptwriter and director.
“Sexual harassment […] is a very frequent occurrence. By describing it from the point of view of the aggressor, I was able to present the whole complexity of the circumstances in which sexual violence arises on an everyday basis. […] However, an abuser can also be a victim. As far as forgiveness is concerned, it is on a case by case basis. In the film, there is a chain of events cascading over several years, creating a vicious circle of violence. When the transgression finds a way of expressing itself, the result is irreversible. In Light as Feathers, it is a question of breaking this chain. […] It took three years to shoot. I wanted, point by point, to evoke the motivations behind these acts. As far as I can see stylised, staged violence is often in bad taste. I wanted to make a film as authentically close to real life as possible. […] I even used traces of humour, which was necessary, but of course without this reducing the seriousness of the acts – but without humour how can you comprehend tragedy?” (Rosanne Pel)
“Sexual harassment […] is a very frequent occurrence. By describing it from the point of view of the aggressor, I was able to present the whole complexity of the circumstances in which sexual violence arises on an everyday basis. […] However, an abuser can also be a victim. As far as forgiveness is concerned, it is on a case by case basis. In the film, there is a chain of events cascading over several years, creating a vicious circle of violence. When the transgression finds a way of expressing itself, the result is irreversible. In Light as Feathers, it is a question of breaking this chain. […] It took three years to shoot. I wanted, point by point, to evoke the motivations behind these acts. As far as I can see stylised, staged violence is often in bad taste. I wanted to make a film as authentically close to real life as possible. […] I even used traces of humour, which was necessary, but of course without this reducing the seriousness of the acts – but without humour how can you comprehend tragedy?” (Rosanne Pel)