Film Details

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

Director: Thom Fitzgerald

Country: Canada

Genre: Bi, Drama, Lesbian, LGBTQ, Slice of Life

US PREMIERE20-something Belle has long been at odds with her conservative mother who took it hard when she came out as a lesbian teenager. After returning home to Nova Scotia for her father's funeral and wanting to avoid upsetting her mother again in her time of mourning, she becomes desperate to hide the fact she’s been dating a man for 2 years - until Rob, the sweet and supportive man she's been dating, decides to show up uninvited. Splinters is an intimate, honest, relationship drama, exploring the complicated nature of a mother-daughter relationship and sexual identity.

Highlights

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS -

Winner - Outstanding Performance by an Actress (Shelley Thompson) - Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, Canada)
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival

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