Fathers Day | The Day a Girl Starts To See Her Dad as a Man

A teenage girl’s day at the pool goes awry after her dad takes interest in a young woman sitting poolside.

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🤿 Fathers Day
dir. Kali Kahn

Starting to see our parents as actual flawed people is part of growing up. It happens to all of us, in very different ways. With Father’s Day, Kahn pens a complex and layered narrative, recreating that moment while also addressing the gender dynamic between men and women. “I was interested in that uncomfortable moment that happens in girlhood when we stop seeing our fathers as an extension of ourselves”, the writer/director reveals. Explaining that she believes dads go from being seen as “protectors and heroes”, to being viewed as the “other”, in just one afternoon, the way Ceci sees her dad will forever be changed. Nothing overly dramatic happens, but it’s enough for the character to question herself and the way she sees her father and as Kahn so perfectly puts it: “there’s nothing anyone can do to restore that intimacy” - S/W Curator, Céline Roustan

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Starring: Tori Lemelin, Ariel Eliaz, Emma Cuba
Director of Photography: Agustina Biasutto
Writer/Director/Editor: Kali Kahn
Producer: Max Westmark
Associate Producer: Dada Shikako
Production Designer: Sara Boutorabi
Costume Designer: Danica Robinson
Casting Director: Ellie Zambarano
1st Assistant Director: Raina Yang
2nd Assistant Director: Chloe Xtina
Assistant Camera: Roxy Moskowitz
Script Supervisor: Cece Wheeler
Location Sound: Patrick McNamara
Gaffer: Morgan Grimm
Production Assistants: Allanah Grant, Harry Richter
Additional Cast: Joseph Monseur, Daniel Allitt, Annie Challice
CCO: Michael Gonzalez
Colorist: Spyros Katsihtis
Sound Mixer: Grant Furgiuele
Poster by Alexa Lim Haas
Reproduced on this channel with the permission of the filmmakers.