A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen-year-olds, we see how pressing social, geographical and political challenges are shaping, and being shaped by, young people: rising anti-Semitism in Europe, guns in America, gender identity and racial divisions across Australia and Asia. With no adult commentary outside the filmmaker, Dear Thirteen offers an intimate view into the universal uncertainty inherent in growing up.
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Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her first feature-length documentary, Dear Thirteen, premiered at DOC NYC in 2022. She is currently in post on her second feature, Fire Through Dry Grass, an ITVS co-production.
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- Year2022
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageBambara, English, French, Nepali, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAlexis Neophytides
- ScreenwriterAlexis Neophytides, Trina Rodriguez
- ProducerAlexis Neophytides, Trina Rodriguez
- Co-ProducerAlex Murawski
- CinematographerAlexis Neophytides
- EditorTrina Rodriguez
- MusicDan Deacon
A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen-year-olds, we see how pressing social, geographical and political challenges are shaping, and being shaped by, young people: rising anti-Semitism in Europe, guns in America, gender identity and racial divisions across Australia and Asia. With no adult commentary outside the filmmaker, Dear Thirteen offers an intimate view into the universal uncertainty inherent in growing up.
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Alexis Neophytides is a documentary filmmaker based in New York City. Her first feature-length documentary, Dear Thirteen, premiered at DOC NYC in 2022. She is currently in post on her second feature, Fire Through Dry Grass, an ITVS co-production.
Sponsored by TV5Monde USA and FlixLatino.
Follow Miami Film Festival on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
- Year2022
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageBambara, English, French, Nepali, Spanish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAlexis Neophytides
- ScreenwriterAlexis Neophytides, Trina Rodriguez
- ProducerAlexis Neophytides, Trina Rodriguez
- Co-ProducerAlex Murawski
- CinematographerAlexis Neophytides
- EditorTrina Rodriguez
- MusicDan Deacon