Country: UK, Italy
Year: 2023
Duration: 15'
In the remote Scottish countryside, a downtrodden woman finds herself entangled in the newly-discovered influencer culture in search of respite from the humdrum of rural living and the impending weight of caregiving duties.
Biography
film director
Debora Maité
is a screenwriter and director based and working in the UK. After completing her film training at Screen Scotland Academy and San Diego State University, she dedicated herself to making short films commissioned and distributed internationally.
FILMOGRAFIA
I Should Have Loved a Thunderbird Instead (cm, 2019), My Dad’s Video Diary (cm, 2020), Seeking Comfort in an Uncomfortable Place (cm, 2021), You Land (cm, 2023).
Declaration
film director
“You Land is an intensely intimate odyssey, an attempt to capture the raw vulnerability woven into the fabric of the online experience, hinting towards the sickly relatable, the tragic-but-ordinary. I deactivate my Instagram account with a sullen regularity. For me, stepping away from social media isn’t a controversial and empowering act of self-love, it is usually an anxiety-riddled, isolating experience. I find myself wondering what life would be like if I wasn’t exposed to the agonising rise of influencer culture, sheltered from the grasp of comparison, gloriously offline. That is how You Land was born.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR, SCREENPLY: Debora Maité. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Flora Fecske. EDITING: Isidora Charbila. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Urte Rusteikeita. COSTUMES: Jack Shanks. MUSIC: Larry Gus. SOUND: Alexis Psillis. CAST: Anna Russell-Martin, Selina Boyack, Rebecca Murphy, Louise Mcwilliams, Gabriel Quigley. PRODUCERS: Carys Evans, Katie Mallinder, Mary-Helena Quigley.
CONTACT: Debora Maité carys@finiteproductions.co.uk
