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Section: International Competition of Feature Films for Youth
Rocks (2019)
Shola, or Rocks, as she's known, lives in a London council flat with her younger brother Emmanuel and their single mother. Mum is busy and stressed, leaving Rocks to spend all her free time with school friends. One day, she comes home to find her life radically altered: she is suddenly on her own with a child to take care of. Rocks is mercurial, impulsive, and deeply sensitive – not unusual for her age, she sometimes makes desperately poor decisions for what look to her like good reasons. When her closest friend Sumaya tries to help, Rocks doesn't know how to accept it, blinded by Sumaya's two-parent household and relative comfort.
| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Duration | 93 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Sarah Gavron |
| Screenplay | Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson |
| Director of Photography | Hélène Louvart |
| Music | Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch |
| Edited by | Maya Maffioli |
| Contact | The Festival Agency |
Biography
She studied at universities in York and Edinburgh, and later at the National Film and TV School. She deals with women's issues. Starting with documentaries, her first liv-acted work was the TV film This Little Life (2003). This was followed by the dramas Brick Lane (2007) and Suffragette (2015).