Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

My Gay Sister

Lia HITALA 2017 Sweden Fiction color 14min Swedish HDCAM
Gabbi has just recently got her first proper girlfriend, Majken. With Gabbi's little sister Cleo in tow, the two girls take a road trip to the Norwegian fjords. Majken knew she was a lesbian when she was seven. Gabbi has only just found out. Cleo is now 10, and she's also got a few questions of her own.

Director

Lia HITALA

HITALA has her main base in Stockholm. Her second short film My Gay Sister has been screening widely and received several prestigious awards including a Teddy Award for Best Short Film at Berlinale.

Lia HITALA

2017 My Gay Sister

Director: Lia Hietala

Cinematography: Karin Stenwall

Production: Stefan Henriksson, Lia Hietala, Karin Stenwall

Music: Katharina Nuttall

Editor: Lia Hietala, Karin Stenwall

Script: Lia Hietala

Swedish Film Institute

jing.haase@filminstitutet.se