THE FLORIDA PROJECT

A strip of highway just outside Disney World, a budget motel called the “Magic Castle”. Here, six-year-old Moonee and her mother Halley live week to week, and Bobby (Willem Dafoe), the motel’s manager, holds the place together with a stern face and much hidden kindness. For Moonee, every day is a celebration: with her friends – among them Jancey, who has just moved in – she fearlessly explores her own world. Halley, meanwhile, sells counterfeit perfume outside hotels, using her daughter as a bid for sympathy. In “The Florida Project” (USA 2017), Sean Baker tells of a summer on the fringes of the theme park.

Baker shot on 35mm film. The film premiered in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs in Cannes in 2017, where it was considered a favourite of the programme; in the United States, A24 released it in cinemas in October 2017. In 2017, “The Florida Project” was shown at Around the World in 14 Films in Berlin.

Shown at the 2017 edition of Around the World in 14 Films.

All films 2017 · Film Archive