MAÏLIS

SHE'S NOT COMING - APACALDA 

Based on a true story, the film follows the last journey of Louisa, an elderly woman who ended her life. The inspiration came directly from the experience of Apacalda’s friend, who lost his mother to what is suspected to have been suicide. She was a devoutly religious woman who nurtured her relationship with God but ultimately chose to leave the church, which led to her exclusion from the community. She would regularly walk along the shores of a beach near her house. One morning, news outlets spread the story of a woman's body washing up on the familiar shoreline. Her son knew right away that it was his mother, realizing they would never speak again.

PRESS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Director's Library feature 
Beyond The Short feature
Girls In Film feature 

CREDITS

Written and directed by Maïlis

Starring Lali Vacharadze and Vato Gvasalia

Production - Neuf Cinq

Producers - Josh Rosenbaum and Zion Lipstein-Shaffer

Co production - Colossale

Georgia production - Madweather

Producers - Shota Alania and Sandro Alania

Director of photography - Antoine Ryan

1st ac - Ilia Eremenko

Voice - Maria Comsa

Editor - Thomas Bellefleur

Sound designer - Theo Porcet

Graphic design - JB Proulx

Colors - Simon Boisx for Arketype

Thanks to Colossale, Gabriel Roussil, Vlad Cojocaru, Doina Angheluta, Alexe Laroque

This video was created thanks to the generous support of the MVP Project, a joint initiative of RBCxMusic and the Prism Prize, administered by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.