A Want in Her

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A Want in Her
Directed byMyrid Carten
Written byMyrid Carten
Produced byRoisín Geraghty
Kat Mansoor
Tadhg O'Sullivan
Eline van Wees
CinematographyMyrid Carten
Sean Mullan
Donna Wade
Edited byKaren Harley
Music by Clarice Jensen
Production
companies
Inland Films [1]
Snowstorm Productions [1]
Basalt Film [1]
Distributed byBreakout [2]
Sentioar [2]
Release dates
Running time
81 minutes [2]
CountriesIreland [1]
United Kingdom [1]
Netherlands [1]
LanguagesEnglish
Irish [3]

A Want in Her is a 2024 documentary film directed, written, starring, and cinematographed by Myrid Carten, in her feature directorial debut. [4] An Irish-British-Dutch co-production, the documentary follows the life of Carten.

Contents

When her mother goes missing somewhere in Ireland, artist Myrid Carten returns from London to find her. Her search takes her into a feuding family, a contested house, and a history that threatens to take everyone down, including herself. A Want In Her is an immersive, first person account of the cost of love, and how difficult it can be to escape.

The film had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on 15 November 2024.

Production

Filming

Myrid Carten started shooting something in 2018 and then in 2019 when she pitched the project. The main body of the film was shot from August 2019 to March 2020. During the COVID pandemic, Carten did lots of other shoots. The film was shot on 16mm. [5]

Editing

From the beginning of the film's production, Carten did the editing herself. During the end of 2020, a 60-minute cut was produced for the film. In 2020, Carten got Karen Harley, a Brazilian editor, on board to help edit the film. Editing lasted from 2020 to early 2024. [5]

Release

A Want in Her had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on 15 November 2024. [6] The film also premiered at the True/False Film Festival on 28 February 2025. [7] [5] On 29 November 2024, Syndicado acquired the worldwide sales to the film. [8] The film was released in Ireland on 10 October 2025. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A Want in Her". British Council . Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "A Want in Her (15A)". Irish Film Classification Office . 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Lodge, Guy (2024-11-21). "'A Want in Her' Review: A Daughter's Shattering Testament to Her Mother's Absence, Presence and Endurance". Variety . Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  4. ↑ Ntim, Zac (2024-11-07). "'A Want In Her' Trailer: First Look At Irish Artist-Filmmaker Myrid Carten's Feature Debut — IDFA". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  5. 1 2 3 Keogan, Natalia (2025-02-28). ""I Put 30 Years of My Life Into 80 Minutes": Myrid Carten on Her True/False Documentary, A Want in Her". Filmmaker Magazine . Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  6. ↑ "A Want in Her (2024)". IDFA. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  7. ↑ "2025 Films". True/False Film Fest. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
  8. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (2024-11-29). "Syndicado Boards Myrid Carten's 'A Want in Her' Following World Premiere in IDFA's Competition (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
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