let's talk, sister

THE BIRTH STORIES ARE TOLD, SURE... BUT WHAT ABOUT AFTER?

DETAILS

19min · documental · 2021 · 4:3 · DIR: Celia de Coca

LOGLINE

Sharing in depth the post-partum experience is leaping into the void. How many scars remain unclosed?
The experience of two sisters reveals the intimacy of this bittersweet period, whose aftereffects are too often kept in private.

AWARDS

WINNER Impact Docs Awards, EEUU
Semifinalist: Paris Women Festival of Ontario, Canadá
S.O. NYC Independent Film Festival, EEUU
S.O. Barcelona Indie Awards, España
S.O. Berlin Short Film Festival, Alemania
S.O. London Director Awards, R.U.
S.O. Best Indie Short Award, R.U.
Nominado: Fescilmar Festival Venezuela




SINOPSIS:

After her sister’s first childbirth, the filmmaker moves in with her to share the harsh beginnings of motherhood in the “intimacy of home.” How many scars remain open? Belén has just given birth to her first daughter. Her sister moves in with a camera to live alongside her through the bittersweet process of postpartum confinement. Together, they share experiences and support one another: for one, an attempt to heal the wounds of a traumatic past postpartum; for the other, a search for a way out of an emotional haze that threatens to break her. Revealing their scars, pointing out the flaws of the medical system, and confronting a new reality become topics of conversation between breast pumps and feedings, diapers and cries. Their shared past as carefree young women underscores the abyss that separates them from the resilient women they have become.


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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR


CELIA DE COCA

For more than fifteen years, Celia de Coca has turned the intimate into a political expression, creating documentaries that work as tools for thought. She has developed a personal language that explores the female universe, the emotional territory, and the mechanisms of representation in contemporary culture.
A member of DOCMA and CIMA, she narrates with a thoughtful style that gives shape to matter in order to rethink how we relate to the world around us. More on her website.


SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

Wood for this Fire (2025) – Documentary feature film

More than Public Affairs (2024) – Documentary feature film

Hanging by a Thread (2024) – Documentary short film
Official Selection: Alcances Doc FF (Spain), Vórtice FF (Colombia)

Let’s Talk, Sister (2022) – Documentary short film
Winner: Impact Docs Awards (USA)
Official Selection: Berlin Short FF, London Director Awards, NYC
Independent FF, Barcelona Indie Awards, among others

Over a Million (2020) – Documentary short film
Shortlisted: Womentime, Dona’m Cine