FILM DAYS limited edition – 21 – 23 April 2023
FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
Jessica Leski | Australia | 2018 | doc | color | DCP | 96′ | English | n.s.
Fangirls look out! Four fans of The Beatles, Backstreet Boys and One Direction talk candidly about how fandom changed their lives. Fascinating music documentary about hysterical teenagers growing up to be self-assured women. Director Jessica Lenski knows all about it: she became a massive fan of One Direction at the age of 31.
To her own amazement, at the age of 31 director Jessica Leski became a big fan of a boy band called One Direction. She decided to make a documentary about the phenomenon of boy bands: where did this craze come from, and how does it affect people? Leski followed fans from different generations, such as Elif (16), who’s mad about One Direction, and twenty-something Sadia, who mailed a newsletter about Backstreet Boys to 12,000 subscribers at the age of 12. And Dara from Australia, who was crazy about Take That – even going into therapy when it got out of hand. Finally Susan, aged 64, was and still is a huge Beatles fan.
Interviews, animations and home videos show what it’s like to be a super fan. These women collect clippings and posters and fantasize about their favorite band members. Leski’s film is much more than an amusing record of hysterical, screaming teenagers; it’s a poignant coming-of-age story about empowerment and not caring what anyone else thinks.
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 12 April 2019
Time: 14:00
Duration: 1:15
Place: The Cinemas 3
Date: 13 April 2019
Time: 21:45
Duration: 1:15
Year in
Festival
2019
Director
Jessica Leski
Camera
Jason Joseffer
Eric Laplante
Simon Koladin
Cesar Salmeron
Country
Australia
Editor
Johanna Scott
Language
English
Length
Music
Jed Palmer
Producer
Jessica Leski
Rita Walsh
Production Company
Over Here Productions
Sales
Seville International
Scenario
Jessica Leski
Sound Design
Simon Rosenberg
Year of Production
2018