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Every Other Weekend
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Roger lives in an emotional stasis, since leaving his partner, Bart, and their eight year old daughter, Jessica. Bart, Jessica's natural father, retains custody of her. Every second Friday, when Roger and Jessica are united, a sense of hope returns to Roger, and every second Sunday, when he returns her to Bart, his pain returns and he spends his waking moments floating like a satellite around the life he used to have. Eventually, Roger's love for his daughter moves his life forward. Every other weekend is a story of the unending love of parents for their children, the grief of separation, and the chance moments that shape our lives.
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Tim Slade
Tim was born in Sydney, Australia where he attended ] the College of Fine Arts, Sydney. His first project was Robert Mitchum, a short drama, in 1999. More recent projects include 4, a feature length documentary (www.4themovie.com)which screened in cinemas in Australia and New Zealand. It won a Gold HUGO in Chicago, as well as being nominated for many other international awards.
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Q: What inspired you to make your film?
Tim: It is based on a short story by Craig T McWhorter, which is a story I first read in around the year 2000 and which always stayed with me as a very moving story about a subject that was growing in complexity and interest as a subject gay parenting. Craig looked at a situation which was difficult and required the characters in the story to be very rich and intricately drawn.
Q: Was there any specific reason you chose to make your film?
Tim: The story stayed with me, as it had a very universal message about grief, loss and love, and I felt it could really resonate with a wide audience both a gay and lesbian and audience, and with audiences outside of these communities. I felt it could communicate a rich message about the joys and heartaches of relationships and families.
Q: What do you hope to convey through your film?
Tim: That parenting and relationships are very complex things which require our dedication and focus, but that we must not forget ourselves within them.
Q: Who are your favorite filmmakers/what are a few of your favorite films and why?
Tim: Pedro Almodovar, Todd Haynes and Gus Van Sant are three of my favourite directors. Their films are emotional, distinct, and are inhabited, whatever their style and the world they create, with human beings we can relate to and feel for. Todd Field, for similar reasons, is another, as is Lisa Chodolenko and Rose Troche. Talk to Her, Poison and Little Children would rate highly on my list of films, as would Vertigo and Being John Malkovich for its originality of vision.
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