*UK THEATRICAL
A WANT IN HER
directed by MYRID CARTEN
Ireland, UK, Netherlands / 81 Mins / English
Synopsis:
When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house; and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself. A Want In Her is an immersive, first person account of the cost of love, and how difficult it can be to escape.
Logline:
Myrid searches for her missing mother in Ireland, facing family disputes over property, life-threatening secrets; her journey explores love's influence and struggle for freedom.
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“Raw, searing ... a daughter’s shattering testament to her mother’s absence, presence and endurance ... passages of cathartic beauty, grace and even humor.” - Variety
“A profound reprocessing of personal archives and piercing conversations ... clearly impresses as a debut and could become essential viewing for anyone grappling with the indescribable complexities within a mother-daughter relationship.” - Cineuropa
“Consistently compelling and impressive ... an example of how to make a strikingly original aesthetic statement from wrenchingly personal material.” - The Film Verdict
“The work of an artist, one who is making her own rules about how to tell this story, far from documentary dogmas ... A Want in Her is reminiscent, at times, of the work of Jonathan Glazer. But it’s too original and accomplished for such parallels to stick.” - Screen Daily
“The term hybrid documentary scarcely does justice to the achievement of this picture, which aims rather to contribute to a wider discussion of what documentary and filmmaking at large can and will do.” - The People’s Movies
“Miraculous ... a raw portrait of vulnerability and confrontation.” - Film Fest Report
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Originally from the Donegal Gaeltacht, Myrid Carten studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths University of London and Central Saint Martins UAL. Using documentary and fiction, and often a playful combination of both, her work interrogates both the struggle for intimacy and the ways we are compromised by our pasts. She has screened and been broadcast internationally.
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2024
World Premiere: IDFA (International Competition)
2025
Goteborg Film Festival, Sweden
DocPoint Helsinki, Finland - WINNER INTL COMPETITION
DocPoint Talinn, Estonia
DIFF, Ireland - WINNER INTL DOCUMENTARY, AUDIENCE AWARD
(NA Premiere) True/False, Missouri, US
MOMI First Look, New York, US
ZagrebDox, Croatia
Pordenone Docs Fest
One World Romania, Bucharest, Romania
Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Poland - SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival (HIFF), Canada
Sydney Film Festival, Australia
Shanghai International Film Festival, China
Sheffield Doc/Fest, UK
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Year: 2024
Country: Ireland, UK, Netherlands
Length: 81 mins
World Premiere: IDFA 2024
Director: Myrid Carten
Producer: Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor
Co-Producer: Eline van Wees
Cinematographer: Donna Wade, Myrid Carten, Seán Mullan
Editor: Karen Harley, edt
Story Editor: David Barker
Consultant Editors: Sabine Groenewegen, Michael Nollet, Maya Daisy Hawke
Music: NFNR
Sound Designer: Morgan Muse
Sound Mix: Mark Glynne
MYRID CARTEN
