TIFF 2011: WITHOUT (Best Director Award)

52nd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Best Director Award
MARK JACKSON
For
WITHOUT, Producers Mark Jackson, Jessica Dimmock, Michael Requa, Jaime Keeling, Screenwriter Mark Jackson, USA, 2011

WITHOUT by Mark Jackson, USA 2011, 87 min

Loss. Isolation. Ambiguity. Can you trust your
own senses?

On a remote wooded island, a young woman becomes caretaker to an elderly man in a vegetative state. She has no cell signal, no Internet. Forced to meet the needs of a man who cannot respond, Joslyn vacillates between finding solace in his company and feeling fear and suspicion towards him. As the monotony of her daily routine starts to unravel, boundaries collapse and Joslyn struggles with sexuality, guilt and loss.