There’s Not Much We Can Do

Short Documentary
2022

United Kingdom

TRAILER

In this personal essay documentary, the director reflects on her journey of getting diagnosed with endometriosis through observing the invasive Japanese Knotweed. While both the disease and the plant grow disruptively through their respective environments, one is treated with urgency while the other is met with inaction. An ecofeminist meditation on the body, biology, care and control, There’s Not Much We Can Do Prompts us to question the very things we consider “natural” themselves.

Directed and Edited by: Erica Monde
Producer: Clara Harris
Cinematographer: Marta Massa
Sound Designer/Recordist: Alexis Psillas
Commissioned by the Scottish Documentary Institute and Screen Scotland for Bridging the Gap

For screening inquiries please contact ericamondefilms@gmail.com

WORLD PREMIERE – Edinburgh International Film Festival, August 2022 (UK)
Inverness Film Festival, November 2022 (UK)
Glasgow Short Film Festival, March 2023 (UK)
Spit it Out Festival, June 2023 (UK)
Encounters Film Festival, September 2023 (UK)
Raindance Film Festival (Nominee best documentary short), October 2023 (UK)
DOC NYC, October 2023 (USA)
Take One Action Film Festival, December 2023 (UK)
ReFrame Film Festival, January 2024 (Canada)
Lived Perspectives, March 2024 (UK)
Mediamatic Japanese Knotweed Festival, April - May 2024 (Netherlands)
Davis Feminist Film Festival, May 2024 (USA)
EXPS:SLC, July 2024 (USA)
RestFest, August 2024 (USA)
Braziers International Film Festival, August 2024 (UK)
Les Mains Gauches, September 2024 (France)
Shortscapes, September 2024 (UK)
ARKIPEL Jakarta International Experimental and Documentary Film Festival, September 2024 (Indonesia)
Dialogues Documentary Festival, September 2024 (USA)
Scottish Queer International Film Festival, October 2024 (UK)
Scottish Mental Health Arts Film Festival, October 2024 (UK)
Bucharest Feminist Film Festival, October 2024 (Romania)
CineToro Film Festival, November 2024 (Colombia)