Forget Me Not
NARRATIVE / 15 MINUTES / ENGLISH / UK & GERMANY

Set in the 1970s, the film centers on two young girls who struggle with their mother’s bipolar disorder, which constantly disrupts their lives and forces them to grow up too soon.


Nüesch Sisters
(Florine Nüesch & Kim Nüesch)
We’ve always wanted to make a film that stems from our personal experience of growing up with a bipolar mother. While the details were changed, we were the little girls who sometimes longed for normality, and we were afraid of what might await us at home after school.
Mental illnesses often go ignored by society, and people who suffer from them are excluded from their communities. We believe it is important to raise awareness of the issue, because these illnesses affect more than just the person who is sick. This film is told from the point of view of the children—especially the older daughter—to convey the effect on their lives.
Forget Me Not is, above all, the call of a child who needs her mother, no matter how imperfect she may be.
CREDITS
Directors & Writers: Florine & Kim Nüesch
Producer: Malcolm Duncan
Cinematographer: Marz Miller
Production Designer: Miranda Lorenz
Original Music: Stephen Rennicks
Editor: Addie Liang
Casting Director: Alyssa Carter
Sound Designer: Bruce Chianese
Art Work: Alaska Sohne