The screening on Monday the 15th of April was followed by a Q&A with director Kit Vincent and participant Lawrence Vincent. Hosted by journalist Carol Nahra.
Diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour, director Kit Vincent enlists his family for an intimate and darkly humorous journey to help them come to terms with his illness.
Kit’s family had already experienced its fair share of tumult when the 24-year-old was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Kit’s mum, a community nurse who spends much of her time caring for dying patients, was traumatised by the thought that her son will be one of them. Meanwhile his dad, Lawrence, threw himself into a series of obscure diversion tactics – from growing cannabis in his spare room, to relinquishing his lifelong atheism and secretly attending a local synagogue. What Kit captures with his camera traverses the fine line between humour and grief, detailing his family’s acceptance of his fate, and celebrating the relationships that keep us going, particularly in life’s darker moments.
The screening on Monday the 15th of April was followed by a Q&A with director Kit Vincent and participant Lawrence Vincent. Hosted by journalist Carol Nahra.
The screening was Open Captioned and the Q&A was Signed, with a British Sign Language interpreter visible on stage throughout the event.
In this joint curation between Bertha DocHouse and Sheffield DocFest, audiences are invited to discover the gems, highlights and new voices in non-fiction cinema which premiered in the past festival edition.