Staff Select Premiere Toast with family and friends

Friendship and love are the most common aspects of the human experience. It's not difficult to conclude that they are among the fundamental desires we can have as people. They are the connections that unite us. They unify us and also making us more vulnerable. They make us fear losing them as much as we'd love to have them in the initial place. Filmmakers' job is to document this duality in its infinite designs is enormous, but there are rare occasions when films tackle the complexity of human emotion with candor and honesty, it can be a powerful tool for understanding our own experience. That brings us to the present Staff Pick Premiere: Liv Karin Dahlstrom's "Women&Wine," a comedic investigation of pride that is wounded in the face of losing a friend. It was given with the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival (full disclosure: I was part in the jury), "Women&Wine" is at the same time a poignant, unpleasant but also a surprisingly commonplace portrait of one woman's desperate attempt to hang a friend.

The film begins by introducing Turid (Marit Andreassen) and Signe (Jeanne Bee), two middle-aged female friends, who are planning a surprise birthday party to their mutual acquaintance Grete (Turid Gunnes). When a prank they played with turns into a perceived slight, and Turid is concerned that she's not thought of as a good friend. The pride of one can hinder confidence and hilariously snarky behavior follows. An honest and emotionally sensitive portrayal of friendships between humans The film covers across the entire spectrum of charming and funny to awkward and tragic. As per Dahlstrom who co-wrote the script with Thorkild Schroepf. situation took place at an event for a bachelorette with a friend. It inspired them to consider the "humor in the insecurity and vulnerability that people attempt to conceal when protecting themselves from socially difficult situations. We are both very inspired by our individuality as well as what happens when emotions take over." In the case of Turid and Grete, who are blinded by the notion that Grete isn't a fan of their relationship, the occasion is a desperate attempt to establish their relationship and to climb up the friendship ladder while tripping on herself and other people while doing it.

While the topic of jealousy and friendship might look familiar or as if it's the ideal subject for a movie that deals with toxic female friendships, Dahlstrom has a clear intent to steer clear of melodrama. She follows a more naturalistic tone that focuses on the dynamic performance of her actors and range of emotion. Inspired by the everyday moments of the smallest things, Dahlstrom decided that "the camera has to follow the actors and the actions and not vice versa about." This is why the film is fluidly morphing between scenes, and reveals the lengths that we'll take in order to safeguard our family members in addition to the joy we feel.

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