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Unlearning Motherhood

Juliana ERAZO GÓMEZ

Netherlands, Colombia
2025
11min
15 +
DCP
color

Asian Premiere

Synopsis

When she is overdue, a terrified single woman in her late twenties goes to the store to buy a pregnancy test. This journey takes on a different meaning when she meets various women, whose words unknowingly make her question her deep fear of motherhood.

Director's Statement

The project responds to a personal question of mine: Will I be a mother one day? It includes both a 10-minute short film and a supplementary podcast series. With it, I wanted to include my own story through a fictional protagonist grappling with her own fears about pregnancy, weaving in the deeply personal, raw, and empowering audio interviews of six cis and transgender women that I met along the way of researching this topic. By sharing these nuanced stories, I seek to propose a redefinition of motherhood as a fluid concept centered on caring and supporting rather than strictly biological reproduction.

Code	Time	Theater	Grade
New Currents Shorts 3040	2026-08-22 \| 12:30 - 13:41	MEGABOX Sinchon 8
New Currents Shorts 3123	2026-08-26 \| 10:30 - 11:41	MEGABOX Sinchon 7

Director

Juliana ERAZO GÓMEZ

Juliana Erazo Gómez is a filmmaker & multidisciplinary artist currently based in Amsterdam. She obtained her Visual Arts BA in Colombia and an Animation MA in The Netherlands. She contributes actively to the Dutch ad Colombian animation industries as a speaker and lecturer on topics like inclusivity, animated documentary and female representation in filmmaking, among others. She also as part of the founding committee of the Women in Animation for Colombia.