looking she said I forget
short fiction film, 2024
Having just moved to Amsterdam, Lou prepares her new apartment that she will share with her partner, Joel. For now though, Joel is on a trip with an intimate other. Confronted with the complexities of her non-monogamous relationship, Lou shifts her gaze to the rhythms of her new city.
The film WAS part of Berlinale Talents Short Form Station 2022
The film's development and production is supported by the Nederlands Filmfonds (NL), Office Federal de la Culture (CH), Cineforom (CH), and RTS (CH)
Produced by Idle Eye (NL) and Golden Egg (CH)
SHORT FILM
release in summer 2024
Writer-Director: Naomi Pacifique
Producers: Rafael Manuel, Albert Kuhn, Yan Decoppet, Gabriela Bussman & Naomi Pacifique
Director of Photography: Xenia Patricia
Production Designer: Thea Spiri & Barbara Krantz
Sound on Set: Marine Maye
1st Assistant Director: Albert Kuhn
Editor: Lucia Martinez Garcia & Naomi Pacifique
Sound Design: Clara Alloing
Sound Mixing: Vuk Vukmanovic
Colourist: Rodney Musso & Jean-Baptiste Perring
Production Companies: Idle Eye & Golden Egg Productions
Original Music: Ella van der Woude, Maimuna & Naomi Pacifique
Principal Cast: Juliet Darremont, Gaël Kamlindi de la Comédie Française & Tom de Ronde
Secondary Cast: Derek Scott Mitchell, Bart Kalisvaart, Emile Jansen, Artur-Pol Camprubi & Naomi Pacifique
Supported by: Netherlands Film Fonds, Office Federal de la Culture, Cineforom, RTS,
behind the scenes
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
Locarno Film Festival 77, 13th August 2024 - Pardi di Domani National Competition, Switzerland.
Drama International Short Film Festival, 6th September 2024 - International Short Competition, Greece.
Tirana International Film Festival, September 2024 - International Short Film Competition, Albania.
International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, October 2024 - Live Action Competition, Cyprus. Awarded EFA Nomination.
Film Fest Gent, October 2024 - International Short Film Competition, Belgium.
Blue Danube Film Festival, October 2024 - Official Selection, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia.
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, October 2024 - International Shorts, Canada.
Castrovillari Film Festival - October 2024, International Competition, Italy. Awarded Grand Jury Prize and Best Screenplay.
Lumina Flicks Internațional Short Film Fest, November 2024 - International Drama, Albania.
Yellowstone International Film Festival, November 2024 - Official Selection, India.
Zagreb Film Festival, November 2024 - Locarno International Film Festival Shorts Program, Croatia.
London Short Film Festival, January 2025 - New Shorts Program: Everything is Romantic, United Kingdom.
Journées de Soleures, Solothurn, January 2025, Short Film Panorama & Competition, Switzerland.
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, February 2025, International Competition, France.
Vers Film Awards, March 2025, Netherlands.
Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen, April 2025, Dutch Competition, Netherlands.
Swiss Film Awards, March 2025, Nominated for Best Short Film, Switzerland.
PRESS:
Talking Shorts: https://talkingshorts.com/bathroom-blues/
SEENL: https://see-nl.com/artikel/20240325-looking-she-said-i-forget
JURY STATEMENTS:
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF CYRPUS STATEMENT FOR EFA NOMINATION AWARD:
“A contemporary story about intimacy, shared love, and trauma, bringing to the foreground questions of a young generation about couple relationships. Artful composition and subtle cinematography, this is a modern example of what European cinema has to offer. This year’s Nomination for the European Film Academy Awards 2025 is: looking she said I forget, directed by Naomi Pacifique, from the Netherlands and Switzerland.”
CASTROVILLARI FILM FESTIVAL STATEMENT FOR GRAND JURY PRIZE AND BEST SCREENPLAY AWARDS:
For its delicate direction, nuanced simplicity, and delicate exploration of love’s ambiguity.