Fix The Faucet
2026 · 11m · USA
Directed by Jennifer Gouchoe
Tones: darkly comic, tender
A woman in Los Angeles, overwhelmed by an endless to-do list and emotionally avoidant relationships, must confront her own avoidance habits before her mother's visit.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A leaking faucet as existential crisis — it's not the most formally wild thing on this list but the premise is geometrically perfect, and that counts for something.
A dripping faucet elevated into a precise psychological metaphor for avoidance is exactly the kind of micro-image-as-structural-engine I respond to. The Frances Ha / Obvious Child register is generous; the actual question is whether Gouchoe finds the specific over the type.
A dripping faucet doing the entire psychological metaphor for avoidance and people-pleasing is a neat anchor for a Frances Ha-coded comedy. Specificity will make or break this one — hoping for break.
Festivals
- Dances With Films New York 2026