5th - 9th of March 2020

Sweet Affliction

Jess Lee - 2017 Canada - 7:28

18, awkward and deadpan, Stacey grapples with
romantic feelings for her older sister Angela.

Angela is infatuated with an older man, creating a divide between the siblings whose relationship takes on airs of romanticism. When Angela suspects herself pregnant, Stacey must choose whether to cling to their intimacy or to suffer a heartbreak as two siblings go their own ways.

Sweet Affliction explores ambiguous intimacies, anxieties around coming of age and sibling attachment

Director: Jess Lee