Tracing her ancestry through her parents’ migration from Eastern to Northern Europe via Australia, we are brought into the home and world of a family both 'moving and tethered. Through a diverse mix of film styles, the director combines the personal and the political through a gentle first-person narration. Relating the experience of globalised and marginalised identities the world over, Shapeshifters beautifully portrays the yearning for a fixed and stable identity, while wholeheartedly embracing the internationalist spirit that transcends the borders implicit in such an identity. Always on the cusp of two or more cultures, Vuković examines the lasting effects of one generation’s choice to migrate on the next.
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Sophie Vuković Director
First release October 20, 2017 · Languages Croatian, English, Swedish
Languages
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Croatian · English · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · October 20, 2017
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United Kingdom
March 18, 2018 · Premiere
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