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The Lift

The Lift

LAURA MACCABEE | USA | 2024 | 20 MIN | ENGLISH

LAURA MACCABEE | USA | 2024 | 20 MIN | ENGLISH

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Synopsis

Following the loss of his husband, a grief-stricken retiree finds renewed connection with a mysterious young woman who's attempting to terminate a pregnancy.

Filmmaker Bio

Laura Maccabee is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and producer. She got her start writing for The WB’s The Tom and Jerry Show and co-starring in Jocelyn Stamat’s film Laboratory Conditions, written by Terry Rossio. Laura's producer credits include Sal Bardo's Come Clean, Cassian Elwes’s Passenger C, Rainy Kerwin’s The Wedding Invitation, and Timothy McNeil’s Purplish.

Director's Statement

I’ve always been interested in dynamics between women in families, especially through a queer lens. The things left unsaid, the unspoken solidarity, the labour and performance of a holiday dinner and the backstage conversations at the kitchen sink. The performance of gender and all of the things that it demands are second nature to the Prince Edward Island grandmother. Of course she can understand the fluidity and complexity of gender theory, she just might not have the language to express those ideas. Warts and all, I wrote a film that holds space for the ugly and the ignorant while still being rooted in love and compassion. It is not perfect, but it is honest.

Producer

Alvue Selznick, Laura Maccabee, Sal Bardo

Writer

Laura Maccabee

Cinematographer

Jay Lee

Cast

  • Sam Anderson
  • Christine Liao
  • Casey Strand
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