US: A Family Album

DIRECTOR: NATALIA BABINSKI
PRODUCER: MARTA HARAYSMOVICZ
DIR PHOTOGRAPHY: JANINE KNOX
COSTUME: STACEY BERMAN
PRO CO: RAPTURE FILMS
RELEASE YEAR: 2011
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Since their invention, amateur cameras have been used to document family life. Regardless of background, we have been compelled to capture the places weʼve been and the experiences weʼve had. The shaky footage of candle-blowing, lawn-watering, a new car, or a family vacation allows us to rediscover our lives, reach new conclusions about the way we live, and glimpse what is most intangible: time. In Us, we reexamine the familiar images of the “Happy Family,” common among home videos from generation to generation, to ask: What does a “Happy Family” look like?

FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS / AWARDS

MILLENIUM THEATER WORKSHOP, NYC 2011 PREMIERE
CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2012
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2012
FRAMELINE 36 FILM FESTIVAL 2012
CROSSROADS FILM SOCIETY FESTIVAL 2012
NEW ORLEANS FILM SOCIETY FESTIVAL 2013
INTERNATIONAL KOREAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL 2013
NY SHORTS FEST 2013

ARTICLES / QUOTES
“In a simple, beautiful short film by Natalia Babinski based on a story by Heather Hollingsworth, the audience watches a collage of family photos mixed with home movies documenting the growth of two children.”
HUFFINGTON POST