Controversial Dox

Letting you go

Kim Faber
Screening time  
26.02. / Thursday, 21:00 - 23:00 Theatre 1  
'Letting you go' is a documentary about a psychiatric patient’s right to self-determination, the longing for peace and the biggest sacrifice a father can make out of love for his child.

The twenty-seven-year-old protagonist of the film suffers from borderline personality disorder, chronic depression and insomnia. After nine years of intensive treatment with no positive results, she has decided she does not want to live any longer. Because she doesn’t want to traumatize anyone with her death she chooses self-euthanasia. She tells her father and best friends about her death wish to give them the chance to come to terms with her decision and say their goodbyes. We see Sanne in her final weeks, in which she looks forward to the day she will finally find peace. Letting you go is a short documentary about a psychiatric patient’s right to self-determination, the longing for peace and the biggest sacrifice a father can make out of love for his child.

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Kim Faber

Kim Faber graduated as film editor when she was nineteen years old. She then discovered her passion for documentary filmmaking. Letting you go is her graduation documentary which she made during her final year at the Utrecht School of the Arts.

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Netherlands
2014, 18' 5'', DCP

Directed by:
Kim Faber

Screenplay by:
Kim Faber

Cinematography:
Christian van Duuren

Edited by:
Martin Gerrits

Music:
Guusje Ingen Housz

Producer:
Anna Beerstra

Produced by:
Bananaz

Festivals & Awards:

IDFA 2014; Fife Film Festival 2015