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On The Surface

2021·Directed by Fan Sissoko

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Released
August 1, 2021
Runtime
4m

About On The Surface

  • Animation

Synopsis

‘On The Surface’ is a 4mn animation about a young Black woman who goes swimming in the Icelandic sea and reflects on her experience of having a baby in a country that feels nothing like home. As she enters the freezing water, she relives her traumatic pregnancy and postnatal depression. Soon her swimming eases. Being in the wild and facing her fears is helping her heal.

Director
  • FSFan Sissoko
Writer
  • FSFan Sissoko

Principal cast

In billing order
  • EMEnid Mbabazi
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