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Motherboard

Original title: Motherboard
German title: Motherboard
Great Britain, 2024

Director: Mapplebeck, Victoria
Production company: First Person Films
Length: 90 min.
Film genre: Documentary

Synopsis:
At the age of 38, director Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant and broke. Unable to combine motherhood with freelance directing, she was forced to abandon her career in TV, instead turning the camera on herself and her son, Jim. Victoria first began documenting their lives with her old DVCAM before shooting almost daily on five generations of smartphones, from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 15. She recorded hundreds of hours of footage, capturing each twist and turn in Jim’s life, from the thumbs-up he gave her during her first scan, to his first day at college.
As Jim grows up, Victoria charts the trials, traumas and occasional triumphs of their single parent family.

Festivals:
CPH:dox Copenhagen 2024, London IFF 2024, Zagrebdox 2025, Giffoni CFF 2025

World sales address/es:
Autlook (AT)