Without

The elaborate film debut of director Mark Jackson follows a nineteen-year-old caregiver, Joslyn, who looks after an old man in a vegetative state. A life tragedy brings her to this isolated place where she tries to come to terms with the past while living an orderly life filled with routine. Everyday tasks are, however, disrupted by grief, increasing guilt, and insatiable sexual desire. The director carefully discloses essential information that divulges the protagonist's character very gradually, all the time increasing the tension and pleasant uncertainty. (Febiofest)