Becoming 13

Becoming 13


                                Becoming 13
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This smart documentary explores the intimidating terrain of girlhood by following three 12-year-olds over the period of one year. As these girls move from childhood to maturity, it's clear that peer pressure is an important influence, but as the films shows, the greatest influence in a young girl's life is family.

Filmmaker Victoria King's creative approach, including the use of "diary-cam" footage, not only follows the girls but allows them to question the world in their own voices. Ultimately, the film reveals the complexities of being 12, both satisfying our curiosity and inviting us to ask, What happens next?

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Becoming 13, Victoria King, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • writer
    Victoria King
  • director
    Victoria King
  • producer
    Geeta Sondhi
    Annette Clarke
    Victoria King
  • editor
    Lawrence Jackman
  • cinematographer
    Ellie Yonova
  • location recording
    Harvey Hyslop
  • original music composer
    Lori Clarke
  • production manager
    Anna Petras
  • production assistant
    Sabina Rana
  • researcher
    Baptiste Neis
    Ruba Nadda
    Claire MacKinnon
  • rights clearances
    Lisa Clarke
  • transcription
    Lisa Clarke
  • story editor
    Erna Buffie
  • additional camera
    Nigel Markham
  • additional location recording
    Ric Barella
    Mark Neary
    Bart Simpson
    Christian Sparkes
    John Hong
  • cinematography
    Ankur Ahuja
  • sound recordist
    O.V. Sathiyaseelan
  • camera assistant
    Ravinder
  • translation
    Talat Mian
  • post-production supervisor
    Anna Petras
  • assistant picture editor
    John Hong
    Edward Tanasychuk
  • sound edit
    Harvey Hyslop
  • mix
    Harvey Hyslop
  • online editor
    Steve Cook
  • colourist
    Steve Cook
  • closed captioning
    Edward Tanasychuk
  • post-production facility
    NIFCO
  • production accountant
    Cathy Corbett
  • production insurance
    Fraser & Hoyt
  • legal services
    Gerlinde Van Driel
  • production equipment
    Sim Video
    NIFCO
    Pope Productions
  • centre administrator
    John William Lutz
  • production supervisor
    Patricia Coughran
  • marketing manager
    Amy Stewart Gallant
  • executive producer
    Kent Martin

  • amylovesyoumore

    This is a very sweet and honest-seeming portrait of three young girls and their mothers (mainly) from St. Johns. I appreciated the girl's voices in this project and how larger narratives emerged from what was both said and unsaid by both mothers and daughters within the film. I will encourage my goddaughter to watch this one for sure!! Thank you!

    amylovesyoumore, 13 Mar 2011

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