Still Wylde
2020 · 11m · USA
Directed by Ingrid Haas
Tones: darkly comic, tender
Gertie discovers she's unexpectedly pregnant and, with her on-and-off boyfriend Sam, decides to embrace a new chapter — until life throws a curveball neither of them saw coming.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Comedy about miscarriage that actually earns its laughs — Haas uses dark humor as a scalpel instead of a shield, which is exactly the kind of tonal tightrope most filmmakers are too cowardly to walk.
Pregnancy loss told with actual jokes — Haas refuses to let the grief be solemn, and the Obvious Child / Fleabag tonal lineage is the right one. Vimeo Staff Pick + SXSW + Short of the Week is the trifecta that usually marks something working at the right register.
A pregnancy-loss story that refuses to let grief be solemn — actual jokes through actual grief is genuinely hard, and SXSW plus Vimeo Staff Pick plus Short of the Week is a real validation triple.
Festivals
- SXSW 2020