SH The Curtain – Leslie-Ann Coles, Canada, 2023, 15’11”

Synopsis: Mother-daughter tensions bind one generation to the next in a seedy motel room where love, sex, and a wish for redemption lurk beyond the curtain when Beatrice, 50, is confronted with her own mortality. Beatrice revisits an old haunt from her childhood to reconcile herself with those she loves, evoking the memory of her mother following a mastectomy.

Director: Leslie-Ann Coles

Writer: Leslie-Ann Coles

Producer: Leslie-Ann Coles

Key Cast: Bill MacDonald, Beth Hornby, Imogen Whist, Sean Jones, Matthew Powell, Delaney Tomchick, Leslie-Ann Coles