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PIFF 42 Official Selection

Conception: Catie + Jen

Directed by Moth Studio

United Kingdom • 2018 • 4 mins. • In English

Produced as part of the New York Times’ Conception series, a six-part animated series showcasing different real-life stories about becoming a mother. Jen and Catie are two sisters struggling with infertility, an unexpected pregnancy, and difficult life decisions. Sisterhood and motherhood meet in this powerful story of love, fear, and trust.

Appears in: 42nd Portland International Film Festival

The Northwest Film Center recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands the museum now stands. These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, future—and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.