Àma Gloria directed by Marie Amachoukeli will close the Women Make Waves International Film Festival which will take place from October 12 – 22, 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Closing Night:
October 22, 2023 | Sunday | Breeze Cinemas A | 19:20 pm

Àma Gloria by Marie Amachoukeli – France | 2023 – 83 minutes
Six-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. One day, Gloria left Paris and returned to Cape Verde to care for her family. After losing her beloved nanny, Cléo visited Gloria for their last summer vacation together. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age film filled with laughter and tears. The director delicately portrays the view of a white girl from a middle-class family, depicting her complex feelings of considering the nanny as a family but unable to truly become one. It presents issues such as race, class, and caregiving relationships through a child’s perspective, which leads the audience to rediscover the meaning of home and family. (WMW 2023)

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About the director:
A French filmmaker and screenwriter of Georgian descent. Born in 1979, AMACHOUKELI graduated from La Femis. Her directorial debut, Party Girl, competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and won the Camera d’Or. She is a member of the 50/50 collective, which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in the cinema and audiovisual industry.

For more information, please visit: https://www.sicff.kr/eng/