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In this delicate, imaginative tale, eight-year-old Nelly travels with her parents to her mother’s childhood home following the death of her grandmother. As her parents spend their days cleaning out the house, Nelly wanders the surrounding woods searching for the fort her mother constructed as a child. To her surprise, she encounters a girl her own age, who is building a fort, and the two become fast friends. In this jewel of a magical realist fairytale, filmmaker Céline Sciamma celebrates the reveries of childhood while exploring the elusive connections between mothers and daughters, past and present, fantasy and reality. Petite Maman is a beautifully shot, wonderfully performed film that suddenly surprises you and then absolutely grabs your heart and won't let go.  

Official Selection – Berlin and Chicago International Film Festivals  

Winner – Audience Award – San Sebastián International Film Festival  

“Petite Maman hits all the right notes, creating an epic in miniature.” – Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail  

“What a superb movie - a jewel of this year's Berlin film festival.” – Peter Bradshaw, Guardian  

Sunday, November 14, 4:15pm at the Waterworks Cinemas 

Watch the trailer below: